Wiredraw
- v. t. To pass, or to draw off, (as steam) through narrow ports, or the like, thus reducing its pressure or force by friction.
- v. t. To form (a piece of metal) into wire, by drawing it through a hole in a plate of steel.
- v. t. Hence, to draw by art or violence.
- v. t. Hence, also, to draw or spin out to great length and tenuity; as, to wiredraw an argument.
The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.