pin-wiren.
/ˈpɪnwʌɪə/, U.S. /ˈpɪnˌwaɪ(ə)r/ Now rare.
A kind of hard wire from which pins are made.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > metal in specific state or form > [noun] > wire > types of
silver wire14..
white wire1463
virginal wire1662
pin-wire1674
binding wire1767
pinion wire1767
electric wire1819
music wire1823
gutta-percha-wire1876
No. eight1876
picture wire1876
number eight1952
microwire1953
plated wire1960
nanowire1990
1674 R. Hooke Diary 10 July (1935) 112 Told him [sc. Sir John Hoskins] my way of Pictures by pin wire.
1697 Philos. Trans. 1695–7 (Royal Soc.) 19 355 The Objects are seen more distinctly, then by only taking the Water on a Pin Wire, or the like.
1797 N. Bailey Dict. German-Eng. II. 338/1 Nadeldrath, pin-wire, needle-wire.
1858 A. Mayhew Paved with Gold 193 Your legs gets as tough as pin-wire.
1889 T. E. Brown Manx Witch 20 Harry was tall, but Jack was tough; Jack was just like pin wire.
1896 A. Morrison Child of Jago 165 Her wedding-ring, worn to pin-wire.
1965 Gloss. Terms Copper, Zinc & Alloys (B.S.I.) 9 Pin-wire, wire of hard temper for the manufacture of pins.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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