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A thread or slender rod of metal; a metallic substance formed
to an even thread by being passed between grooved rollers, or drawn
through holes in a plate of steel. |
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A telegraph wire or cable; hence, an electric telegraph; as,
to send a message by wire. |
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To bind with wire; to attach with wires; to apply wire to;
as, to wire corks in bottling liquors. |
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To put upon a wire; as, to wire beads. |
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To snare by means of a wire or wires. |
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To send (a message) by telegraph. |
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To pass like a wire; to flow in a wirelike form, or in a
tenuous stream. |
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To send a telegraphic message. |