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Wire
·vi To send a telegraphic message.
II. Wire ·add. ·noun A knitting needle.
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Tailed
·adj Having a tail; having (such) a tail or (so many) tails;
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Office wire
·add. ·- Copper wire with a strong but light insulation, used in wiring houses, ·etc.
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Trolley wire
·add. ·- A heavy conducting wire on which the trolley car runs and from which it receives the curren...
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Wire gun
·add. ·- = Wire-wound gun.
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Wire tapper
·add. ·- One that taps, or cuts in on, telegraph wires and intercepts messages;.
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Wire-drawer
·noun One who draws metal into wire.
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Wire-heel
·noun A disease in the feet of a horse or other beast.
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Wire-puller
·noun One who pulls the wires, as of a puppet; hence, one who operates by secret means; an <<Intrigu...
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Wire-pulling
·noun The act of pulling the wires, as of a puppet; hence, secret influence or management, especiall...
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Wire-worker
·noun One who manufactures articles from wire.
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Wire Drawers
Allowed to have shops in Blanch Appleton (q.v.).
See Wyremongers.
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wire-grass
and Wiry-grass
See grass.
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wire-pullers
A term denoting those who, by their secret plots and intrigues, control the movements of the puppets...
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wire-micrometer
An instrument necessary for delicate astronomical measurements. It contains vertical and horizontal ...
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wire-rope
Rigging made of iron wire galvanized, and laid up like common cordage.
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Crop-tailed
·adj Having the tail cropped.
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Dag-tailed
·adj Daggle-tailed; having the tail clogged with daglocks.
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Daggle-tailed
·adj Having the lower ends of garments defiled by trailing in mire or filth; draggle-tailed.
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Draggle-tailed
·adj Untidy; sluttish; slatternly.
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Fan-tailed
·adj Having an expanded, or fan-shaped, tail; as, the fan-tailed pigeon.
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Fork-tailed
·adj Having the outer tail feathers longer than the median ones; swallow-tailed;
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Pin-tailed
·adj Having a tapered tail, with the middle feathers longest;
— said of birds.
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Racket-tailed
·adj Having long and spatulate, or racket-shaped, tail feathers.
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Rat-tailed
·adj Having a long, tapering tail like that of a rat.
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Red-tailed
·adj Having a red tail.
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Ring-tailed
·adj Having the tail crossed by conspicuous bands of color.
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Ruby-tailed
·adj Having the tail, or lower part of the body, bright red.
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Scissors-tailed
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Spine-tailed
·adj Having the tail quills ending in sharp, naked tips.
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Stiff-tailed
·adj Having the quill feathers of the tail somewhat rigid.
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Stump-tailed
·adj Having a short, thick tail.
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Swallow-tailed
·adj United by dovetailing; dovetailed.
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Wedge-tailed
·adj Having a tail which has the middle pair of feathers longest, the rest successively and decidedl...
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culver-tailed
Fastened by dove-tailing a way of letting one timber into another, so that they cannot slip asunder....
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Wire-wound gun
·add. ·- A gun in the construction of which an inner tube (either entire or in segments) is wound wi...
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nail-tailed wallaby
n.
See onychogale.
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stump-tailed lizard
n.
an Australian lizard, Trachydosaurus rugosus, Gray.
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