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wire-draw
wire-draw, v. Now rare. (ˈwaɪədrɔː) [Back-formation from wire-drawer.] 1. trans. To draw out (metal) into wire: see wire-drawing vbl. n. 1. rare.1666 Boyle Orig. Formes & Qual. 96 Though out of a wedge of Gold one cannot immediately make a Ring, yet by..Wyre-drawing that Wedge by degrees,..That thin... Oxford English Dictionary
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wire-drawn
wire-drawn, ppl. a. (ˈwaɪədrɔːn) [pa. pple. of wire-draw v.] 1. Drawn out to a great length or with subtle ingenuity; fine-spun; elaborately subtle, ingenious, or refined.1603 Florio Montaigne i. xxvii. 96 A subject, common, bare-worne, and wyer-drawne [orig. tracassé] in a thousand bookes. 1610 B. ... Oxford English Dictionary
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wire-drawing
ˈwire-ˌdrawing, vbl. n. [f. wire-drawer: see -ing1.] 1. The action or operation of making wire by drawing a piece of ductile metal through a series of holes, successively decreasing in diameter, in a steel plate called a draw-plate. Also attrib.1712 Arbuthnot John Bull iii. viii. 33 Such Fellows are... Oxford English Dictionary
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wire-drawer
wire-drawer (ˈwaɪəˌdrɔːə(r)) [f. wire n. + drawer.] 1. One who draws metal into wire; one who practises or is skilled in wire-drawing.1265 in C. W. Bardsley Dict. Surnames, Robert le Wyr⁓draere. 1320 in Cal. Letter-bk. E. London (1903) 136 [Emma, daughter of William] le Wirdrawiere. 1387–8 T. Usk Te... Oxford English Dictionary
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