wireworkn.

Brit.

/ˈwʌɪəwəːk/, U.S.

/ˈwaɪ(ə)rˌwərk/

Forms: see wire n.¹ and work n.

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

Etymology: < wire n.¹ + work n.

1. Work done in or with wire; material or articles made of wire; (also) a structure made of wire, esp. in the form of a mesh or grid. Formerly also: †the making of wire (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > pressing or drawing > wire making

wirework1552

wire-drawing1661

wire-working1763

society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > pressing or drawing > wire making > product of

wireworka1685

1552 T. Barnabe Let. 1 Oct. in R. H. Tawney & E. Power Tudor Econ. Documents (1924) II. 99 Newcastle coals, without which that they [sc. the French] can neither make stele-work, or metal-work, nor wyre-work, not goldsmith-work.

1587 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Queen Elizabeth (1908) 380 Edmond Burchall wierdrauer for wierworke.

1673 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words 132 The manner of the Wire-work at Tintern in Monmoth-shire.

a1685 M. Evelyn Fop-dict. 18 in Mundus Muliebris (1690) Fil-grain'd, dressing-Boxes, Baskets, or whatever else is made of Silver Wire-work.

1730 E. Wright Some Observ. France, Italy, &c. II. 464 I observ'd upon the Wire-work, which covers the Opening, several small pieces of Money.

1772 Philos. Trans. 1771 (Royal Soc.) 61 322 Observe to clean the rails and wireworks, in the water-courses, of the weeds and grass.

1849 Kelly's Builder's Price Bk. 157 Brass trellis wire-work, for bookcases.

1862 G. A. Sala Seven Sons Mammon II. viii. 206 The windows..were not grated, but protected from sill to lintel by a strong close wirework.

1908 Act 8 Edward VII c. 28 Sched. 1 Erection of wireworks in hop gardens.

1971 Fashion Panorama (Ceylon) July–Sept. 16 (advt.) Bridal Laces re-embroidered in lurex, mother-of-pearl thread, and wire-work.

1990 Geogr. Jrnl. 156 306/2 Stout posts of eucalyptus, three metres apart, are braced together by a system of taut wirework, which anchors the plastic sheets..firmly to the ground.

1999 Recorded Interview (Brit. Libr. Sound Archive) (Survey Eng. Dial.: C900) (MS transcript) Track 4 [Herefordshire] As soon as the dead bines was cut off, you have wire work to repair and things like that in winter.

2. In plural. Chiefly with singular agreement. An establishment where wire is made or (less commonly) where wire goods are manufactured.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > workplace > place where specific things are made > [noun] > others

coal pitOE

wireworks1598

alum works1617

copperas-worka1661

saltpetre house1683

nailery1802

railworks1863

lockworks1864

sulphur-work1870

tack-mill1884

pitch-boilery1885

rubber plant1886

soot house1957

1598 Acts Privy Council (1904) XXVIII. 594 The said Hanbery..should..deliver..at the said wyerwoorkes the nomber of 150 tonnes of..mallyable iron.

1705 W. Shiers Familiar Disc. conc. Mine-adventure 23 But pray, Sir, amongst all your Improvements, why can't you set up Wire-works at Neath?

1795 J. Aikin Descr. Country round Manch. 399 There are also forges for malleable iron, and wire works; and likewise a newly erected brass foundry.

1801 W. Coxe Hist. Tour Monmouthshire I. 3 Tintern Abby, charcoal furnace, forges, and wire-works.

1860 New Eng. Farmer June 274/2 At the wire works of H. S. Washburn, in Worcester, Mass., some iron wire is made which is as fine as hair.

1942 Ann. Assoc. Amer. Geographers 32 286 A large rubber tire factory, a saw milling and wooden box plant, an extensive wire works, and a large confectionary factory are the principal industries.

1962 D. Marshall Eighteenth Cent. Eng. i. 26 The Cheadle company..dug the ore, refined it, and had rolling mills and wire works for processing it.

2002 Baltimore Sun 18 Aug. r4/6 As it passed the Gautier wireworks, the flood took with it miles of barbed wire.

3. A balancing act or feat performed on a tightly stretched wire suspended above the ground; the art of doing this; tightrope walking.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > acrobatic performance > [noun] > rope-walking or dancing

rope-dancing1625

rope-walking1625

funambuling1650

funambulation1707

rope dance1727

wire-dancing1755

tightrope dancing1800

funambulism1801

wire-walking1804

wire act1891

wirework1899

slacklining1999

1899 Fresno (Calif.) Morning Republican 6 Oct. ‘Mrs. O'Grady's Wash Day’, a sketch including some clever wire work by the Stanleys, was the first number.

1906 Variety 3 Mar. 21/2 For sensationalism, the Meers in their wire work make the heart beat quicker.

1928 Daily Express 13 June 13/3 I learned acrobatics, wire work, dancing, and juggling.

2000 K. Murray Zarconi's Magic Flying Fish xiv. 109 Gus knew the tightrope was a peace offering. ‘You kids, you should do some wire work. Maybe you could work something up to put in your clowning routine.’

Compounds

attributive. Made or consisting of wirework.

ΚΠ

1860 N. Hawthorne Transformation II. xiv. 273 In the wire-work screen, before each shrine, hung offerings of roses.

1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. xxviii. 611 Flower-stands..with wire-work legs.

1937 S. Ensko & E. Wenham Eng. Silver 1675–1825 20 With the change of fashion in the early nineteenth century, the pierced style gave place to baskets with wire work sides.

1962 Amer. Antiq. 27 373 (caption) Globular bells with wirework face design.

2004 essentials Dec. 92/2 Last year, I picked up some wirework reindeers filled with lights to stand in our garden.

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

wireworkv.

Brit.

/ˈwʌɪəwəːk/, U.S.

/ˈwaɪ(ə)rˌwərk/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: wire n.¹, work v.

Etymology: < wire n.¹ + work v. Compare wire-worker n. 2, wire-working n. 2. Compare also earlier wire-pull v.

U.S. rare.

transitive. To manipulate or influence (a person); = wire-pull v.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > power > influence > have influence with [verb (transitive)] > exert influence upon > behind the scenes

wirework1814

wire-pull1896

society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > involve in party politics [verb (transitive)] > control party machine

wire-pull1780

wirework1814

caucus1816

1814 T. Montgomery 16 Feb. in Deb. & Proc. in Congr. (1854) 1446 Willing to be sent here and wire-worked by the great political jugglers in the way which may best suit their purposes.

1843 J. Q. Adams Diary 23 Mar. (1876) XI. xxii. 343 James Monroe was recalled by President Washington through Thomas Pickering, wireworked by Alexander Hamilton.

2004 L. Morrell White Satin Miter iii. 100 George, I give you credit for wire-working the Shah... Your diplomatic skills always amaze me.

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

单词	wirework
释义	wireworkn. Brit. /ˈwʌɪəwəːk/, U.S. /ˈwaɪ(ə)rˌwərk/ Forms: see wire n.¹ and work n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: wire n.¹, work n. Etymology: < wire n.¹ + work n. 1. Work done in or with wire; material or articles made of wire; (also) a structure made of wire, esp. in the form of a mesh or grid. Formerly also: †the making of wire (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > pressing or drawing > wire making wirework1552 wire-drawing1661 wire-working1763 society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > pressing or drawing > wire making > product of wireworka1685 1552 T. Barnabe Let. 1 Oct. in R. H. Tawney & E. Power Tudor Econ. Documents (1924) II. 99 Newcastle coals, without which that they [sc. the French] can neither make stele-work, or metal-work, nor wyre-work, not goldsmith-work. 1587 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Queen Elizabeth (1908) 380 Edmond Burchall wierdrauer for wierworke. 1673 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words 132 The manner of the Wire-work at Tintern in Monmoth-shire. a1685 M. Evelyn Fop-dict. 18 in Mundus Muliebris (1690) Fil-grain'd, dressing-Boxes, Baskets, or whatever else is made of Silver Wire-work. 1730 E. Wright Some Observ. France, Italy, &c. II. 464 I observ'd upon the Wire-work, which covers the Opening, several small pieces of Money. 1772 Philos. Trans. 1771 (Royal Soc.) 61 322 Observe to clean the rails and wireworks, in the water-courses, of the weeds and grass. 1849 Kelly's Builder's Price Bk. 157 Brass trellis wire-work, for bookcases. 1862 G. A. Sala Seven Sons Mammon II. viii. 206 The windows..were not grated, but protected from sill to lintel by a strong close wirework. 1908 Act 8 Edward VII c. 28 Sched. 1 Erection of wireworks in hop gardens. 1971 Fashion Panorama (Ceylon) July–Sept. 16 (advt.) Bridal Laces re-embroidered in lurex, mother-of-pearl thread, and wire-work. 1990 Geogr. Jrnl. 156 306/2 Stout posts of eucalyptus, three metres apart, are braced together by a system of taut wirework, which anchors the plastic sheets..firmly to the ground. 1999 Recorded Interview (Brit. Libr. Sound Archive) (Survey Eng. Dial.: C900) (MS transcript) Track 4 [Herefordshire] As soon as the dead bines was cut off, you have wire work to repair and things like that in winter. 2. In plural. Chiefly with singular agreement. An establishment where wire is made or (less commonly) where wire goods are manufactured. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > place where specific things are made > [noun] > others coal pitOE wireworks1598 alum works1617 copperas-worka1661 saltpetre house1683 nailery1802 railworks1863 lockworks1864 sulphur-work1870 tack-mill1884 pitch-boilery1885 rubber plant1886 soot house1957 1598 Acts Privy Council (1904) XXVIII. 594 The said Hanbery..should..deliver..at the said wyerwoorkes the nomber of 150 tonnes of..mallyable iron. 1705 W. Shiers Familiar Disc. conc. Mine-adventure 23 But pray, Sir, amongst all your Improvements, why can't you set up Wire-works at Neath? 1795 J. Aikin Descr. Country round Manch. 399 There are also forges for malleable iron, and wire works; and likewise a newly erected brass foundry. 1801 W. Coxe Hist. Tour Monmouthshire I. 3 Tintern Abby, charcoal furnace, forges, and wire-works. 1860 New Eng. Farmer June 274/2 At the wire works of H. S. Washburn, in Worcester, Mass., some iron wire is made which is as fine as hair. 1942 Ann. Assoc. Amer. Geographers 32 286 A large rubber tire factory, a saw milling and wooden box plant, an extensive wire works, and a large confectionary factory are the principal industries. 1962 D. Marshall Eighteenth Cent. Eng. i. 26 The Cheadle company..dug the ore, refined it, and had rolling mills and wire works for processing it. 2002 Baltimore Sun 18 Aug. r4/6 As it passed the Gautier wireworks, the flood took with it miles of barbed wire. 3. A balancing act or feat performed on a tightly stretched wire suspended above the ground; the art of doing this; tightrope walking. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > acrobatic performance > [noun] > rope-walking or dancing rope-dancing1625 rope-walking1625 funambuling1650 funambulation1707 rope dance1727 wire-dancing1755 tightrope dancing1800 funambulism1801 wire-walking1804 wire act1891 wirework1899 slacklining1999 1899 Fresno (Calif.) Morning Republican 6 Oct. ‘Mrs. O'Grady's Wash Day’, a sketch including some clever wire work by the Stanleys, was the first number. 1906 Variety 3 Mar. 21/2 For sensationalism, the Meers in their wire work make the heart beat quicker. 1928 Daily Express 13 June 13/3 I learned acrobatics, wire work, dancing, and juggling. 2000 K. Murray Zarconi's Magic Flying Fish xiv. 109 Gus knew the tightrope was a peace offering. ‘You kids, you should do some wire work. Maybe you could work something up to put in your clowning routine.’ Compounds attributive. Made or consisting of wirework. ΚΠ 1860 N. Hawthorne Transformation II. xiv. 273 In the wire-work screen, before each shrine, hung offerings of roses. 1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. xxviii. 611 Flower-stands..with wire-work legs. 1937 S. Ensko & E. Wenham Eng. Silver 1675–1825 20 With the change of fashion in the early nineteenth century, the pierced style gave place to baskets with wire work sides. 1962 Amer. Antiq. 27 373 (caption) Globular bells with wirework face design. 2004 essentials Dec. 92/2 Last year, I picked up some wirework reindeers filled with lights to stand in our garden. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). wireworkv. Brit. /ˈwʌɪəwəːk/, U.S. /ˈwaɪ(ə)rˌwərk/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: wire n.¹, work v. Etymology: < wire n.¹ + work v. Compare wire-worker n. 2, wire-working n. 2. Compare also earlier wire-pull v. U.S. rare. transitive. To manipulate or influence (a person); = wire-pull v. ΘΚΠ society > authority > power > influence > have influence with [verb (transitive)] > exert influence upon > behind the scenes wirework1814 wire-pull1896 society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > involve in party politics [verb (transitive)] > control party machine wire-pull1780 wirework1814 caucus1816 1814 T. Montgomery 16 Feb. in Deb. & Proc. in Congr. (1854) 1446 Willing to be sent here and wire-worked by the great political jugglers in the way which may best suit their purposes. 1843 J. Q. Adams Diary 23 Mar. (1876) XI. xxii. 343 James Monroe was recalled by President Washington through Thomas Pickering, wireworked by Alexander Hamilton. 2004 L. Morrell White Satin Miter iii. 100 George, I give you credit for wire-working the Shah... Your diplomatic skills always amaze me. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1552v.1814
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