Dictionary entry

Wire (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Wire (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Wired (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Wiring.] 1. To bind with wire; to attach with wires; to apply wire to; as, to wire corks in bottling liquors.

2. To put upon a wire; as, to wire beads.

3. To snare by means of a wire or wires.

4. To send (a message) by telegraph.