wireworm, wiregrub

[WIREWORM.] wire-wove, a . A term applied to a paper of fine quality and glazed, used chiefly for letter-paper. "Wrapped up in hot-pre ed and wire - wove paper." Knox: E ay No. 174. wire, v. t. & i. [WIRE, 8.] A. Transitive: 1. To bind with wire; to apply wire to; as, to wire a cork. 2. To put upon a wire; as, to wire beads. 3. To form of wire; to insert wire in. "Almost every fence seems to be wired ."- Field , April 4, 1885. 4. To snare by means of a wire; as, to wire birds. [WIRER.] 5. To send by telegraph, as a me age; to tele"Scarcely had the news been wired from Newmarket." graph. -London Daily Telegraph. B. Intransitive: *1. To flow in currents, as thin as wire. "Then in small streams (through all the isle wiring )." P. Fletcher: Purple Island , vi. 2. To communicate by means of the telegraph; to telegraph. "The Admiralty wired to the Plymouth Division Royal Marines."- London Daily Telegraph. To wire in: To apply one's self closely and perseveringly to anything; to set to with vigor; to pre forward with a view to having a share. ( Slang .)