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Wiredrawn vs Wiredraw - What's the difference?

wiredrawn | wiredraw |

As verbs the difference between wiredrawn and wiredraw

is that wiredrawn is while wiredraw is to stretch (some physical thing) out, as though drawing wire; to elongate.

wiredrawn

English

Verb

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    • wiredraw

    English

    Alternative forms

    *wire-draw *wyredraw

    Verb

  • To stretch (some physical thing) out, as though drawing wire; to elongate.
  • (obsolete) To stretch (words, a meaning etc.) to suit one's own purpose.
  • *, I.56:
  • *:I am of opinion that the uncontrouled libertie, that all men have to wrest, dissipate, and wyredraw a word so religious and important, to so many severall idiomes, hath much more danger than profit following it.