wire-drawnadj.

Brit.

/ˈwʌɪədrɔːn/, U.S.

/ˈwaɪ(ə)rˌdrɔn/,

/ˈwaɪ(ə)rˌdrɑn/

Forms: see wire n.¹ and drawn adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: wire n.¹, drawn adj.

Etymology: < wire n.¹ + drawn adj., after wire-draw v.

a. Drawn out to a great length; stretched thinly; over-refined. Also: designating or resulting from subtle argument; ingenious, contrived.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adjective] > prolix

tedious1412

prolix?a1475

prolixtc1485

longa1525

prolixious1577

long-winded1589

long-drawn1592

wire-drawn1603

long-breatheda1628

long-spun1633

pedalian1636

oblong1643

lacinious1648

long-lunged1660

lengthened1705

libertine1710

lengthy1759

incompendious1833

lengthsome1836

spun1869

lengtheninga1872

fine-drawn1888

1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. xxvii. 96 A subject, common, bare-worne, and wyer-drawne [Fr. tracassé] in a thousand bookes.

1612 B. Jonson Alchemist iii. ii. sig. G^v To..shorten so your eares, against the hearing Of the next wire-drawne Grace.

1642 D. Rogers Naaman 138 The..more subtill and wire~drawne selfe hath beene in deceiving the soule, the more the soule may abhorre her.

1662 H. Hibbert Syntagma Theologicum 196 There is no more certain signe of a bad cause than extended testimonies and wire-drawn arguments.

1715 H. Felton Diss. reading Classics (ed. 2) 163 What they call Improvement, is generally..spinning out their Author's Sense, till 'tis wiredrawn, that is, weak and slender.

1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. v. xxiv. 319 The..wiredrawn Distinctions..of the Schoolmen.

1851 T. Carlyle Life J. Sterling ii. xii. 304 Courtly delicate manners, verging towards the wiredrawn and elaborate.

1873 A. Helps Some Talk about Animals & their Masters iv. 110 What a relief it is to come from the wiredrawn nonsense of Seneca, Thomas Aquinas, and Descartes, to the broad common sense of this thoughtful Scotchman [sc. Hume].

1930 Rev. Eng. Stud. 6 465 He illustrates well Wyclif's..limitations as an interpreter, tied as he was..by his reliance on the schoolmen's wire-drawn methods of exegesis.

1959 Eng. Stud. in Afr. 2 81 His wit and humour often wire-drawn.

1994 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 17 Nov. 4/4 And last from the account of Emily Dickinson, a set of wire-drawn, inward intensities.

†b. Lacking in intensity; weak, thin. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > matter > constitution of matter > lack of density > [adjective]

thin849

subtilea1393

airya1398

subtlea1398

rarea1400

shirec1400

finea1425

solutec1440

intenuate1471

slender1528

ethereal1590

tenuous1597

spare1602

unsolid1611

unsolute1612

tenuious1634

etherical1656

airlike1821

wire-drawn1876

1876 T. Hardy Hand of Ethelberta I. xv. 147 ‘I—am glad to see you!’ Christopher stammered, with a wire-drawn, radically different smile from the one he had intended.

1897 S. R. Crockett Lads' Love iii. 19 The keen, thin, wire-drawn voice of Peter Chrystie.

2. Manufacturing Technology. Of a metal: drawn out into wire.

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > metal in specific state or form > [adjective] > made or consisting of wire

wiry1588

wire-drawn1673

stranded1888

silver-wiry1891

1673 R. Boyle Of Strange Subtilty ii. 8 in Ess. Effluviums A Grain of this wire-drawn Silver may be divided into 64800 parts.

1736 S. Humphreys tr. N. A. Pluche Spectacle de la Nature III. xxvi. 354 Wire-drawn Gold, as we have already seen, is either plated or twisted.

a1795 S. Bishop Poet. Wks. (1796) II. 46 See where a wire-drawn circlet trim Of cobweb gold, surrounds each rim.

1826 J. Adamson Sketches Information Rail-roads 7 The under part will approach nearer to the condition of wire-drawn iron.

1866 Technologist 6 277 Thus were named the first materials entering into the tapestry work, silk, wool, wire-drawn gold or silver.

1998 S. S. Wilson tr. Y. Quéré Physics of Materials ix. 210 Highly deformed materials (rolled or wiredrawn metals, rocks of a fold region etc).

2002 S. Appelbaum tr. C. Perrault Compl. Fairy Tales 87 Those splendid clothes of hers..woven of wire-drawn gold and large diamonds.

3. Engineering. Of steam or water: that has been wire-drawn (wire-draw v. 1c); throttled, either deliberately or by passage through a pipe or opening that is too narrow. Now rare.

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the world > matter > physics > mechanics > fluid mechanics > [adjective] > passed through small aperture

wire-drawn1744

the world > matter > physics > mechanics > fluid mechanics > [verb (transitive)] > pass fluid through small aperture

wire-drawn1744

society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > steam engine > [adjective] > of steam: caused to pass through aperture

wire-drawn1875

1744 J. T. Desaguliers Course Exper. Philos. II. 522 Unless this wire-drawn water goes faster than at the Rate of four Feet in a Second, the Motion is not too swift.

1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Wire-drawn, the condition of steam when the pipes or ports leading to the cylinder have not sufficient carrying capacity.

1885 C. G. W. Lock Workshop Receipts 4th Ser. 101/2 When the suction- or delivery-pipe is too small,..the water is then called ‘wire-drawn’.

1900 Proc. Royal Soc. 1899–1900 66 84 The law of cooling followed by the wiredrawn steam is slightly different from that obtaining in many other gases, viz., that the fall of temperature varies directly as the difference of pressure.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wire-drawn
释义	wire-drawnadj. Brit. /ˈwʌɪədrɔːn/, U.S. /ˈwaɪ(ə)rˌdrɔn/, /ˈwaɪ(ə)rˌdrɑn/ Forms: see wire n.¹ and drawn adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: wire n.¹, drawn adj. Etymology: < wire n.¹ + drawn adj., after wire-draw v. 1. a. Drawn out to a great length; stretched thinly; over-refined. Also: designating or resulting from subtle argument; ingenious, contrived. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adjective] > prolix tedious1412 prolix?a1475 prolixtc1485 longa1525 prolixious1577 long-winded1589 long-drawn1592 wire-drawn1603 long-breatheda1628 long-spun1633 pedalian1636 oblong1643 lacinious1648 long-lunged1660 lengthened1705 libertine1710 lengthy1759 incompendious1833 lengthsome1836 spun1869 lengtheninga1872 fine-drawn1888 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. xxvii. 96 A subject, common, bare-worne, and wyer-drawne [Fr. tracassé] in a thousand bookes. 1612 B. Jonson Alchemist iii. ii. sig. G^v To..shorten so your eares, against the hearing Of the next wire-drawne Grace. View more context for this quotation 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 138 The..more subtill and wire~drawne selfe hath beene in deceiving the soule, the more the soule may abhorre her. 1662 H. Hibbert Syntagma Theologicum 196 There is no more certain signe of a bad cause than extended testimonies and wire-drawn arguments. 1715 H. Felton Diss. reading Classics (ed. 2) 163 What they call Improvement, is generally..spinning out their Author's Sense, till 'tis wiredrawn, that is, weak and slender. 1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. v. xxiv. 319 The..wiredrawn Distinctions..of the Schoolmen. 1851 T. Carlyle Life J. Sterling ii. xii. 304 Courtly delicate manners, verging towards the wiredrawn and elaborate. 1873 A. Helps Some Talk about Animals & their Masters iv. 110 What a relief it is to come from the wiredrawn nonsense of Seneca, Thomas Aquinas, and Descartes, to the broad common sense of this thoughtful Scotchman [sc. Hume]. 1930 Rev. Eng. Stud. 6 465 He illustrates well Wyclif's..limitations as an interpreter, tied as he was..by his reliance on the schoolmen's wire-drawn methods of exegesis. 1959 Eng. Stud. in Afr. 2 81 His wit and humour often wire-drawn. 1994 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 17 Nov. 4/4 And last from the account of Emily Dickinson, a set of wire-drawn, inward intensities. †b. Lacking in intensity; weak, thin. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > lack of density > [adjective] thin849 subtilea1393 airya1398 subtlea1398 rarea1400 shirec1400 finea1425 solutec1440 intenuate1471 slender1528 ethereal1590 tenuous1597 spare1602 unsolid1611 unsolute1612 tenuious1634 etherical1656 airlike1821 wire-drawn1876 1876 T. Hardy Hand of Ethelberta I. xv. 147 ‘I—am glad to see you!’ Christopher stammered, with a wire-drawn, radically different smile from the one he had intended. 1897 S. R. Crockett Lads' Love iii. 19 The keen, thin, wire-drawn voice of Peter Chrystie. 2. Manufacturing Technology. Of a metal: drawn out into wire. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > metal in specific state or form > [adjective] > made or consisting of wire wiry1588 wire-drawn1673 stranded1888 silver-wiry1891 1673 R. Boyle Of Strange Subtilty ii. 8 in Ess. Effluviums A Grain of this wire-drawn Silver may be divided into 64800 parts. 1736 S. Humphreys tr. N. A. Pluche Spectacle de la Nature III. xxvi. 354 Wire-drawn Gold, as we have already seen, is either plated or twisted. a1795 S. Bishop Poet. Wks. (1796) II. 46 See where a wire-drawn circlet trim Of cobweb gold, surrounds each rim. 1826 J. Adamson Sketches Information Rail-roads 7 The under part will approach nearer to the condition of wire-drawn iron. 1866 Technologist 6 277 Thus were named the first materials entering into the tapestry work, silk, wool, wire-drawn gold or silver. 1998 S. S. Wilson tr. Y. Quéré Physics of Materials ix. 210 Highly deformed materials (rolled or wiredrawn metals, rocks of a fold region etc). 2002 S. Appelbaum tr. C. Perrault Compl. Fairy Tales 87 Those splendid clothes of hers..woven of wire-drawn gold and large diamonds. 3. Engineering. Of steam or water: that has been wire-drawn (wire-draw v. 1c); throttled, either deliberately or by passage through a pipe or opening that is too narrow. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > mechanics > fluid mechanics > [adjective] > passed through small aperture wire-drawn1744 the world > matter > physics > mechanics > fluid mechanics > [verb (transitive)] > pass fluid through small aperture wire-drawn1744 society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > steam engine > [adjective] > of steam: caused to pass through aperture wire-drawn1875 1744 J. T. Desaguliers Course Exper. Philos. II. 522 Unless this wire-drawn water goes faster than at the Rate of four Feet in a Second, the Motion is not too swift. 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Wire-drawn, the condition of steam when the pipes or ports leading to the cylinder have not sufficient carrying capacity. 1885 C. G. W. Lock Workshop Receipts 4th Ser. 101/2 When the suction- or delivery-pipe is too small,..the water is then called ‘wire-drawn’. 1900 Proc. Royal Soc. 1899–1900 66 84 The law of cooling followed by the wiredrawn steam is slightly different from that obtaining in many other gases, viz., that the fall of temperature varies directly as the difference of pressure. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1603
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