wiredraw

To draw (metal) into wire.

To treat (a subject, for example) with great length, excessive detail, or overrefinement; spin out.

To draw (metal) out into wire; especially, to form into wire, as a metal, by forcibly prilling through a series of holes gradually decreasing in diameter.

To draw out to greater length; extend in quantity or time; stretch, especially to excess; prolong; protract.

To draw out into excessive tenuity or subtlety, as a thought, argument, or discourse; spin out, especially by useless refinements, hair-splitting, or the like; render prolix at the expense of force and clearness.

To stretch or strain unwarrantably; wrest; pervert; distort.

To beguile; cheat.

In the steam-engine, to draw off (steam) by one or more small apertures, materially reducing its pressure after the passage.

To follow the profession, practice, or methods of a wiredrawer; especially, to use unwarrantable methods; pervert; cheat.

To form (a piece of metal) into wire, by drawing it through a hole in a plate of steel.