Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Wiredraw

Wiredraw , transitive verb

1.
To form (a piece of metal) into wire, by drawing it through a hole in a plate of steel.
2.
Hence, to draw by art or violence.
My sense has been wiredrawn into blasphemy. — Dryden
3.
Hence, also, to draw or spin out to great length and tenuity; as, to wiredraw an argument.
Such twisting, such wiredrawing, was never seen in a court of justice. — Macaulay
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.