wire-drawingn.

Brit.

/ˈwʌɪəˌdrɔː(r)ɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈwaɪ(ə)rˌdrɔɪŋ/,

/ˈwaɪ(ə)rˌdrɑɪŋ/

Forms: see wire n.¹ and drawing n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: wire n.¹, drawing n., wire-draw v.

Etymology: < wire n.¹ + drawing n., after wire-draw v.

1. The forcing or stretching of words or meaning by subtle argument; (also) excessive prolonging or over-refinement of something. Cf. wire-draw v. 2. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > duration > [noun] > long duration or lasting through time > lengthening in duration or prolonging

continuancec1374

prorogationc1400

prolongation?a1425

training1440

lengthingc1480

enlonging1509

prolonging1528

protraction1535

protract of time1536

productionc1540

trait1545

lengthening1574

continuation1587

prolongment1593

conserving1610

extensiona1631

wire-drawing1640

continuing1643

spinning1644

permansion1646

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

prolixityc1395

tediouste?a1412

diffusiona1413

diffuseness1474

tediousness?a1475

largeness1547

longness1587

prolixness?1590

length1597

longanimity1607

tediositya1625

wire-drawing1640

longinquity1641

long-windedness1648

diffusivenessa1719

sprawling1822

longsomeness1834

ramblingness1835

lengthsomeness1849

bagginess1860

lengthiness1863

governmentese1907

1640 K. Digby Let. in A. B. Grosart Lismore Papers (1888) 2nd Ser. IV. 139 And j am sorry to see thinges gotten by wyre drauing, which one may be sure before hand must be granted.

1648 C. Walker Relations & Observ. ii. 54 At length after much wyer-drawing of the businesse, one Warrant was shewn to Master Baynton.

1701 S. Parker Sylva i. 17 I blush for him, when I see him thus out-bidding the School-Men themselves in Wire-drawing.

1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron II. vii. xii. 157 What Footsteps are there in the Holy Scripture to make us think, that the wiredrawing of abstract Ideas was a Task injoined either Jews or Christians?

1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus iii. x, in Fraser's Mag. Aug. 189/2 We have often blamed him for a habit of wire-drawing and over-refining.

1877 E. R. Conder Basis of Faith ii. 68 To refine this discussion into the wire-drawing of verbal controversy.

1902 A. C. L. Botta Handbk. Universal Lit. (new ed.) 507 De Quincey, too, though sometimes given to wiredrawing and the laboured illumination of the obvious, was at times a critic of subtle discernment.

2. Engineering. The passing of steam or water through a small aperture, causing a reduction of its pressure. Cf. wire-draw v. 1c.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > physics > mechanics > fluid mechanics > [noun] > decreasing pressure by passing through aperture

wire-drawing1660

society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > steam engine > [noun] > steam > aperture for > causing steam to pass through

wire-drawing1875

1660 ‘R. D'Acres’ Art Water-drawing 35 The forceing & crowding of the water contrary to its own natural porousnesse, and as I may properly term it (as it were) a wyer-drawing of the water.

1875 R. F. Martin tr. J. Havrez On Recent Improvem. Winding Machinery 90 Wire-drawing of the steam from passing through a contracted orifice.

1887 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 487/1 Wire-drawing of steam is..a case of imperfectly-resisted expansion.

1943 E. H. Lewitt Thermodynamics applied to Heat Engines (ed. 3) i. 12 An expansion of this nature is usually termed throttling; when applied to vapours it is sometimes called wiredrawing.

2000 P. W. B. Semmens & A. J. Goldfinch How Steam Locomotives really Work iv. 158 The inlet valve does not close instantaneously, and starts to throttle the flow of steam before the nominal cut-off point is reached, the effect being known as ‘wire-drawing.’

3. Manufacturing Technology. The action or process of making wire by drawing a piece of ductile metal through a series of holes of successively smaller diameter.

ΘΚΠ

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

wirework1552

wire-drawing1661

wire-working1763

1661 T. Salusbury tr. B. Castellus Mensuration Running Waters i. 4 in Math. Coll. & Transl. I I will also note a certain observation made by me in the Art of Wyer-drawing, or spinning Gold, Silver, Brass, and Iron, [etc.].

1712 J. Arbuthnot John Bull Still in Senses viii. 33 Such Fellows are like your Wire-drawing Mills, if they get hold of a Man's Finger, they will pull in his whole Body at last.

1797 W. Johnston tr. J. Beckmann Hist. Inventions & Discov. II. 232 The invention of the drawing-iron or proper wire-drawing.

1840 D. Lardner Treat. Geom. xv. 177 The process of wire-drawing..in which a cylindrical form..is required to be imparted to the metal of which the wire is made.

1870 D. Rock Textile Fabrics (S. Kensington Mus.) Introd. p. xxxiv The first idea of a wire-drawing machine dawned upon a workman's mind in the year 1360, at Nuremberg.

1967 A. K. Osborne Encycl. Iron & Steel Industry (ed. 2) 195/1 Hard metals... Used for cutting tools, wire drawing dies, and parts subjected to heavy wear and abrasion.

1997 Britannia 28 366 Wire drawing is performed by pulling a piece of metal through a die plate in which there are series of holes that decrease by approximately 10 per cent of the wire diameter per hole.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† wire-drawingadj.

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

Etymology: < wire n.¹ + drawing adj., after wire-draw v. Compare earlier wire-drawing n.

Obsolete.

Having a tendency to wire-draw arguments, meanings, words, etc. Cf. wire-draw v. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > duration > [adjective] > long-lasting or enduring > protracting or drawing out

driving1585

tractal1632

wire-drawing1741

lengthening1764

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adjective] > prolix > of persons

prolixa1527

prolixousa1527

large1605

voluminous1611

wire-drawing1741

elongative1836

aeolistic1882

prolixious1913

1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. vi. 37 I know the pretty wire-drawing ways of your Sex.

1756 E. Burke Vindic. Nat. Society 12 The History..does not afford Matter enough to fill ten Pages, though it should be spun out by the Wire-drawing Amplification of a Guicciardini himself.

1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. vi. 15/2 An idle wire-drawing spirit..is too clearly discernible.

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

单词	wire-drawing
释义	wire-drawingn. Brit. /ˈwʌɪəˌdrɔː(r)ɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈwaɪ(ə)rˌdrɔɪŋ/, /ˈwaɪ(ə)rˌdrɑɪŋ/ Forms: see wire n.¹ and drawing n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: wire n.¹, drawing n., wire-draw v. Etymology: < wire n.¹ + drawing n., after wire-draw v. 1. The forcing or stretching of words or meaning by subtle argument; (also) excessive prolonging or over-refinement of something. Cf. wire-draw v. 2. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > [noun] > long duration or lasting through time > lengthening in duration or prolonging continuancec1374 prorogationc1400 prolongation?a1425 training1440 lengthingc1480 enlonging1509 prolonging1528 protraction1535 protract of time1536 productionc1540 trait1545 lengthening1574 continuation1587 prolongment1593 conserving1610 extensiona1631 wire-drawing1640 continuing1643 spinning1644 permansion1646 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > prolixity prolixityc1395 tediouste?a1412 diffusiona1413 diffuseness1474 tediousness?a1475 largeness1547 longness1587 prolixness?1590 length1597 longanimity1607 tediositya1625 wire-drawing1640 longinquity1641 long-windedness1648 diffusivenessa1719 sprawling1822 longsomeness1834 ramblingness1835 lengthsomeness1849 bagginess1860 lengthiness1863 governmentese1907 1640 K. Digby Let. in A. B. Grosart Lismore Papers (1888) 2nd Ser. IV. 139 And j am sorry to see thinges gotten by wyre drauing, which one may be sure before hand must be granted. 1648 C. Walker Relations & Observ. ii. 54 At length after much wyer-drawing of the businesse, one Warrant was shewn to Master Baynton. 1701 S. Parker Sylva i. 17 I blush for him, when I see him thus out-bidding the School-Men themselves in Wire-drawing. 1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron II. vii. xii. 157 What Footsteps are there in the Holy Scripture to make us think, that the wiredrawing of abstract Ideas was a Task injoined either Jews or Christians? 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus iii. x, in Fraser's Mag. Aug. 189/2 We have often blamed him for a habit of wire-drawing and over-refining. 1877 E. R. Conder Basis of Faith ii. 68 To refine this discussion into the wire-drawing of verbal controversy. 1902 A. C. L. Botta Handbk. Universal Lit. (new ed.) 507 De Quincey, too, though sometimes given to wiredrawing and the laboured illumination of the obvious, was at times a critic of subtle discernment. 2. Engineering. The passing of steam or water through a small aperture, causing a reduction of its pressure. Cf. wire-draw v. 1c. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > mechanics > fluid mechanics > [noun] > decreasing pressure by passing through aperture wire-drawing1660 society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > steam engine > [noun] > steam > aperture for > causing steam to pass through wire-drawing1875 1660 ‘R. D'Acres’ Art Water-drawing 35 The forceing & crowding of the water contrary to its own natural porousnesse, and as I may properly term it (as it were) a wyer-drawing of the water. 1875 R. F. Martin tr. J. Havrez On Recent Improvem. Winding Machinery 90 Wire-drawing of the steam from passing through a contracted orifice. 1887 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 487/1 Wire-drawing of steam is..a case of imperfectly-resisted expansion. 1943 E. H. Lewitt Thermodynamics applied to Heat Engines (ed. 3) i. 12 An expansion of this nature is usually termed throttling; when applied to vapours it is sometimes called wiredrawing. 2000 P. W. B. Semmens & A. J. Goldfinch How Steam Locomotives really Work iv. 158 The inlet valve does not close instantaneously, and starts to throttle the flow of steam before the nominal cut-off point is reached, the effect being known as ‘wire-drawing.’ 3. Manufacturing Technology. The action or process of making wire by drawing a piece of ductile metal through a series of holes of successively smaller diameter. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > pressing or drawing > wire making wirework1552 wire-drawing1661 wire-working1763 1661 T. Salusbury tr. B. Castellus Mensuration Running Waters i. 4 in Math. Coll. & Transl. I I will also note a certain observation made by me in the Art of Wyer-drawing, or spinning Gold, Silver, Brass, and Iron, [etc.]. 1712 J. Arbuthnot John Bull Still in Senses viii. 33 Such Fellows are like your Wire-drawing Mills, if they get hold of a Man's Finger, they will pull in his whole Body at last. 1797 W. Johnston tr. J. Beckmann Hist. Inventions & Discov. II. 232 The invention of the drawing-iron or proper wire-drawing. 1840 D. Lardner Treat. Geom. xv. 177 The process of wire-drawing..in which a cylindrical form..is required to be imparted to the metal of which the wire is made. 1870 D. Rock Textile Fabrics (S. Kensington Mus.) Introd. p. xxxiv The first idea of a wire-drawing machine dawned upon a workman's mind in the year 1360, at Nuremberg. 1967 A. K. Osborne Encycl. Iron & Steel Industry (ed. 2) 195/1 Hard metals... Used for cutting tools, wire drawing dies, and parts subjected to heavy wear and abrasion. 1997 Britannia 28 366 Wire drawing is performed by pulling a piece of metal through a die plate in which there are series of holes that decrease by approximately 10 per cent of the wire diameter per hole. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † wire-drawingadj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: wire n.¹, drawing adj. Etymology: < wire n.¹ + drawing adj., after wire-draw v. Compare earlier wire-drawing n. Obsolete. Having a tendency to wire-draw arguments, meanings, words, etc. Cf. wire-draw v. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > [adjective] > long-lasting or enduring > protracting or drawing out driving1585 tractal1632 wire-drawing1741 lengthening1764 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adjective] > prolix > of persons prolixa1527 prolixousa1527 large1605 voluminous1611 wire-drawing1741 elongative1836 aeolistic1882 prolixious1913 1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. vi. 37 I know the pretty wire-drawing ways of your Sex. 1756 E. Burke Vindic. Nat. Society 12 The History..does not afford Matter enough to fill ten Pages, though it should be spun out by the Wire-drawing Amplification of a Guicciardini himself. 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. vi. 15/2 An idle wire-drawing spirit..is too clearly discernible. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1640adj.1741
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