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wiring, vbl. n.|ˈwaɪərɪŋ|
[f. wire v. + -ing1.]
1. The action of the verb wire in various senses.
1809Syd. Smith Charac. Fox Wks. 1859 I. 153/2 All the decretals of our ancestors respecting the wiring of hares. 1831Youatt Horse 294 Lameness..does not always exist when the wiring in is slow or of long standing. 1872Punch 29 June 269/2 Unless he telegraphs, which, when once you've started him at what he calls ‘wiring’, he generally does three or four times a day. 1874J. D. Heath Croquet-player 71 Red, instead of playing thus,..completes the wiring, remaining near the hoop as before. 1890Pall Mall Gaz. 29 Sept. 3/1 It discouraged scamped contract work in the [electric light] wiring of houses.
2. concr. Wires collectively; wirework; esp. the electric wires in an apparatus or building.
1809Scott Poacher 79 Cordage for toils, and wiring for the snare. 1881[see wire v. 2 d]. 1887Jrnl. Soc. Telegr.-Engineers XVI. 182 This would be supplied from central stations (but without any outlay for insulated conductors beyond the ‘wiring’ of the actual domiciles to the extent rendered necessary by the number and position of the lamps required). 1897S. Crane Third Violet xxv. 171 The cashier of the Gamin office looked under his respectable brass wiring and said [etc.]. 1915Sci. Amer. 30 Jan. 95/2 A complicated 8-cylinder machine with its multiplication of wiring. 1923Wireless World 5 May 135 (caption) The underside of the panel, showing the arrangement of the components and the wiring. 1958C. Fremlin Hours before Dawn iii. 29 A rather cultured way of making me put a two-bar fire in her room... It's a matter of the wiring on the top floor. 1979V. Capel Burglar Alarm Systems x. 107 This is about the worst place, as an intruder could soon silence the alarm by..cutting the bell wiring.
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1878D. Kemp Yacht & Boat Sailing 380 Wiring, a stringer or ledge running fore and aft in a boat to support the thwarts.
3. attrib., as wiring machine, wiring system; Mil. concerned with barbed-wire operations, as wiring party; wiring diagram, a diagram of the wiring of an electrical installation or device, showing the electrical relationship of connections and components and usu. also their physical disposition; also fig.
1875Knight Dict. Mech., Wiring-machine,..a machine turning the edge of a tin-pan over a stiffening-wire. 1887Manch. Exhib. Catal. 126 Complete Plants for the Manufacture of Aerated Waters,..Wiring Machine, [etc.]. 1902W. C. Clinton Electric Wiring iii. 52 Wiring Systems. 1916Blackw. Mag. May 705/2 Four nights previously Angus had been sent out in charge of a wiring-party. 1946G. M. Chute Electronics in Industry viii. 63 Another kind of diagram..is called the connection or wiring diagram, because it shows the wire connections between the various parts. 1967‘A. Cordell’ Bright Cantonese xvii. 203 ‘There must be a switch assembly somewhere.’.. ‘She gave me a wiring diagram.’ 1969Times 13 Feb. 10/3 He believes that until more is known about how the wiring diagram is modified, there can be little evidence in support of theories assuming that changes in nerve connexions are the basis of learning and memory. 1979B. Scaddan Mod. Electr. Installation II. iv. 63 A circuit diagram shows how the system functions... A wiring diagram shows how the system is to be wired, and all components of the circuit should be shown in their correct places. |