wire-drawern.

Brit.

/ˈwʌɪəˌdrɔː(r)ə/, U.S.

/ˈwaɪ(ə)rˌdrɔ(w)ər/,

/ˈwaɪ(ə)rˌdrɑ(w)ər/

Forms: see wire n.¹ and drawer n.

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

Etymology: < wire n.¹ + drawer n. Compare later wire-draw v.With the early Middle English form wir-drawiere compare -ier suffix.

1. A person whose job is to draw metal into wire. Cf. wire-drawing n. 3.Earliest attested as a surname.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > metalworker > [noun] > wire-maker or worker

wire-drawer1265

wireman1548

wire-worker1670

velvet wire drawer1883

1265 in C. W. Bardsley & A. Bardsley Dict. Eng. & Welsh Surnames (1901) 820/1 Robert le Wyrdraere.

1368 in A. H. Thomas Cal. Plea & Mem. Rolls London Guildhall (1929) II. 96 (MED) [Thomas de Folkeshull,] wyrdrawere, [was committed to prison for practising a deception in a certain covenant made by him].

1480 Wardrobe Accts. Edward IV in N. H. Nicolas Privy Purse Expenses Elizabeth of York (1830) 121 Rauff Vnderwood wyre-drawer for iij lb. and a quarteron of wyre of iren.

1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer iii. f. cccliiii The euen draught of the wyre drawer, maketh the wyre to ben euen and supple werchynge.

1589 J. Lyly Pappe with Hatchet 27 O, what a braue state of the Church it would be for all Ecclesiasticall causes to come before Weauers and Wierdrawers.

1656 T. Violet Proposals 52 Not to suffer either Refiner, Goldsmith or Wyer~drawer to melt the Coyn or Plate of the Nation, to make Gold or Silver Wyer.

1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. 56 Wire once gilt, shall remain perfectly gilt all over, though it be drawn five hundred yards longer than it was at first; which is..the dayly practice of our Wire-drawers in London.

1714 I. Newton Let. 12 Mar. in Corr. (1976) VI. 76 If it be made still more soft & malleable the wire-drawer may value it at two or three shillings per 1wt because of its fitness for his use.

1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature (1834) I. 499 Like a wire-drawer, who takes a little bar of silver,..and by driving it successively through smaller and smaller holes, brings it to a fineness fit for winding round a thread of silk.

1833 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal II. 346 It has all requisite qualities given to it in the workshop of the wire-drawer.

?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 44 Wire Drawers' Plate Maker.

1959 Times Rev. Industry July 75/2 Wire-drawers, forgemasters and other consumers of semi-finished steel products.

2001 Piecework Jan. 31/1 Wiredrawers wrapped the bands of metal around the core with a tool called a purling wheel.

†2. figurative and in figurative contexts, with reference to prolonging or spinning out a matter or subject. Cf. wire-draw v. 2. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > duration > [noun] > long duration or lasting through time > lengthening in duration or prolonging > one who draws out

prolonger1548

wire-drawer1566

lengthener?1577

protracter1611

protractor1611

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > prolixity > one who

wire-drawer1566

Tom Long1785

1566 Queen Elizabeth I in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. II. 226 (note) Are my wordes like lawiers bokes which nowe a dayes go to the wiar drawers to make subtall doings more plain?

1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 38^v She..will either shut mee out for a Wrangler, or cast me off for a Wiredrawer.

1584 J. Lyly Alexander, Campaspe, & Diogenes v. iii. sig. F I meane to enioy the world, and to draw out my life at the wiredrawers, not to curtall it off at the cuttelers.

1609 Bp. W. Barlow Answer Catholike English-man 309 For Tortus, according to his name, plaies the wire-drawer, and will needs stretch the resemblance, into an identity.

1623 J. Webster Dutchesse of Malfy i. ii. sig. B4 You play the wire-drawer with her commendations.

1805 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 3 649/1 The arts of amplification and illustration they cultivate in various manners; but they are still wire-drawers.

1835 R. M. Bird Infidel II. ii. 43 I, who am no wire-drawer of conceits, can despatch the whole thing in a minute.

†3. A person who plays a stringed instrument (a punning allusion to wire n.¹ 3). Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > string player > [noun]

twangler1594

twanger1598

wire-drawera1627

thrummer1706

strummer1785

string player1923

a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Old Law (1656) iv. 47 Clo...is there no Musick in the house? Draw. Yes sir, heere are sweet wire drawers.

†4. English regional (Yorkshire). A parsimonious person; cf. wire-draw v. 2c. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [noun] > niggard or mean person

nithinga1225

chinch?a1300

nigc1300

chincher1333

shut-purse1340

niggardc1384

haynec1386

nigona1400

pinchera1425

pinchpenny?c1425

pynepenya1450

pelt1511

chincherda1529

churl1535

pinchbeck1538

carl?1542

penny-father1549

nipfarthing1566

nipper?1573

holdfast1576

pinchpence1577

pinch fistc1580

pinchfart1592

shit-sticks1598

clunchfist1606

puckfist1606

sharp-nose1611

spare-good1611

crib1622

hog grubber?1626

dry-fist1633

clusterfist1652

niggardling1654

frummer1659

scrat1699

sting-hum1699

nipcheese1785

pincha1825

screw1825

wire-drawer1828

close-fist1861

penny-pincher1875

nip-skin1876

parer1887

pinch-plum1892

cheapskate1899

meanie1902

tightwad1906

stinge1914

penny-peeler1925

mean1938

stiff1967

1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Wire-drawer, a covetous person, a penurious wretch.

Derivatives

† wire-drawer-like adv. Obsolete

ΚΠ

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Petit Petit à petit, faire and softly, now one and then one, wiredrawer-like.

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

单词	wire-drawer
释义	wire-drawern. Brit. /ˈwʌɪəˌdrɔː(r)ə/, U.S. /ˈwaɪ(ə)rˌdrɔ(w)ər/, /ˈwaɪ(ə)rˌdrɑ(w)ər/ Forms: see wire n.¹ and drawer n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: wire n.¹, drawer n. Etymology: < wire n.¹ + drawer n. Compare later wire-draw v.With the early Middle English form wir-drawiere compare -ier suffix. 1. A person whose job is to draw metal into wire. Cf. wire-drawing n. 3.Earliest attested as a surname. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > metalworker > [noun] > wire-maker or worker wire-drawer1265 wireman1548 wire-worker1670 velvet wire drawer1883 1265 in C. W. Bardsley & A. Bardsley Dict. Eng. & Welsh Surnames (1901) 820/1 Robert le Wyrdraere. 1368 in A. H. Thomas Cal. Plea & Mem. Rolls London Guildhall (1929) II. 96 (MED) [Thomas de Folkeshull,] wyrdrawere, [was committed to prison for practising a deception in a certain covenant made by him]. 1480 Wardrobe Accts. Edward IV in N. H. Nicolas Privy Purse Expenses Elizabeth of York (1830) 121 Rauff Vnderwood wyre-drawer for iij lb. and a quarteron of wyre of iren. 1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer iii. f. cccliiii The euen draught of the wyre drawer, maketh the wyre to ben euen and supple werchynge. 1589 J. Lyly Pappe with Hatchet 27 O, what a braue state of the Church it would be for all Ecclesiasticall causes to come before Weauers and Wierdrawers. 1656 T. Violet Proposals 52 Not to suffer either Refiner, Goldsmith or Wyer~drawer to melt the Coyn or Plate of the Nation, to make Gold or Silver Wyer. 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. 56 Wire once gilt, shall remain perfectly gilt all over, though it be drawn five hundred yards longer than it was at first; which is..the dayly practice of our Wire-drawers in London. 1714 I. Newton Let. 12 Mar. in Corr. (1976) VI. 76 If it be made still more soft & malleable the wire-drawer may value it at two or three shillings per 1wt because of its fitness for his use. 1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature (1834) I. 499 Like a wire-drawer, who takes a little bar of silver,..and by driving it successively through smaller and smaller holes, brings it to a fineness fit for winding round a thread of silk. 1833 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal II. 346 It has all requisite qualities given to it in the workshop of the wire-drawer. ?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 44 Wire Drawers' Plate Maker. 1959 Times Rev. Industry July 75/2 Wire-drawers, forgemasters and other consumers of semi-finished steel products. 2001 Piecework Jan. 31/1 Wiredrawers wrapped the bands of metal around the core with a tool called a purling wheel. †2. figurative and in figurative contexts, with reference to prolonging or spinning out a matter or subject. Cf. wire-draw v. 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > [noun] > long duration or lasting through time > lengthening in duration or prolonging > one who draws out prolonger1548 wire-drawer1566 lengthener?1577 protracter1611 protractor1611 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > prolixity > one who wire-drawer1566 Tom Long1785 1566 Queen Elizabeth I in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. II. 226 (note) Are my wordes like lawiers bokes which nowe a dayes go to the wiar drawers to make subtall doings more plain? 1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 38^v She..will either shut mee out for a Wrangler, or cast me off for a Wiredrawer. 1584 J. Lyly Alexander, Campaspe, & Diogenes v. iii. sig. F I meane to enioy the world, and to draw out my life at the wiredrawers, not to curtall it off at the cuttelers. 1609 Bp. W. Barlow Answer Catholike English-man 309 For Tortus, according to his name, plaies the wire-drawer, and will needs stretch the resemblance, into an identity. 1623 J. Webster Dutchesse of Malfy i. ii. sig. B4 You play the wire-drawer with her commendations. 1805 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 3 649/1 The arts of amplification and illustration they cultivate in various manners; but they are still wire-drawers. 1835 R. M. Bird Infidel II. ii. 43 I, who am no wire-drawer of conceits, can despatch the whole thing in a minute. †3. A person who plays a stringed instrument (a punning allusion to wire n.¹ 3). Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > string player > [noun] twangler1594 twanger1598 wire-drawera1627 thrummer1706 strummer1785 string player1923 a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Old Law (1656) iv. 47 Clo...is there no Musick in the house? Draw. Yes sir, heere are sweet wire drawers. †4. English regional (Yorkshire). A parsimonious person; cf. wire-draw v. 2c. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [noun] > niggard or mean person nithinga1225 chinch?a1300 nigc1300 chincher1333 shut-purse1340 niggardc1384 haynec1386 nigona1400 pinchera1425 pinchpenny?c1425 pynepenya1450 pelt1511 chincherda1529 churl1535 pinchbeck1538 carl?1542 penny-father1549 nipfarthing1566 nipper?1573 holdfast1576 pinchpence1577 pinch fistc1580 pinchfart1592 shit-sticks1598 clunchfist1606 puckfist1606 sharp-nose1611 spare-good1611 crib1622 hog grubber?1626 dry-fist1633 clusterfist1652 niggardling1654 frummer1659 scrat1699 sting-hum1699 nipcheese1785 pincha1825 screw1825 wire-drawer1828 close-fist1861 penny-pincher1875 nip-skin1876 parer1887 pinch-plum1892 cheapskate1899 meanie1902 tightwad1906 stinge1914 penny-peeler1925 mean1938 stiff1967 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Wire-drawer, a covetous person, a penurious wretch. Derivatives † wire-drawer-like adv. Obsolete ΚΠ 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Petit Petit à petit, faire and softly, now one and then one, wiredrawer-like. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1265
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