The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Wiredraw \Wire"draw`\, v. t. [imp. Wiredrew; p. p.
Wiredrawn; p. pr. & vb. n. Wiredrawing.]
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1. To form (a piece of metal) into wire, by drawing it
through a hole in a plate of steel.
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2. Hence, to draw by art or violence.
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My sense has been wiredrawn into blasphemy.
--Dryden.
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3. Hence, also, to draw or spin out to great length and
tenuity; as, to wiredraw an argument.
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Such twisting, such wiredrawing, was never seen in a
court of justice. --Macaulay.
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4. (Steam Engine) To pass, or to draw off, (as steam) through
narrow ports, or the like, thus reducing its pressure or
force by friction.
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Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
65 Moby Thesaurus words for "wiredrawn":
airy, attenuate, attenuated, boyish, dainty, delicate, diaphanous,
diluted, downy, ethereal, filmy, fine, fine-drawn, fine-grained,
finespun, flimsy, fluffy, frail, fuzzy, gauzy, girlish, gossamer,
gossamery, gracile, insubstantial, lacy, light, misty, papery,
pubescent, rare, rarefied, refined, satin, satiny, silky, slender,
slenderish, slight, slight-made, slim, slimmish, slinky, small,
smooth, subtle, svelte, sylphlike, tenuous, thin, thin-bodied,
thin-set, thin-spun, thinnish, threadlike, vague, velutinous,
velvety, wasp-waisted, watered, watered-down, watery, weak,
willowy, wispy