Wiredrawing

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  • v. Present participle of wiredraw.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act or art of extending ductile metals into wire.
  • n. Figuratively, the act of drawing out an argument or a discussion to prolixity and attenuation by useless refinements, distinctions, disquisitions, etc.
  • Word Usage
    "The remarkable improvement in wiredrawing which has been made in Birmingham, Vienna, and Nuremberg, of late years, has rendered these high tensions of far easier attainment than they would have been earlier in the century."
    Verb Form
    wiredrawing    wiredraws    wiredrew   
    Form
    wiredrew    wiredrawn    wiredrawing   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    refine