twire
- noun
- Archaic
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alambre
- Pollock sought to establish that dry twires failed so frequently that they continually interrupted work, with a detrimental effect on the economics of the hot blast.
Examples
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The Attorney's final substantive point concerned the much-discussed water-cooled twire.
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Although the water-cooled twire was an improvement, it was not indispensable to effective and beneficial working.
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This characterization of the water-cooled twire as old anticipated the line taken by the Neilson camp in the patent trials.
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No amount of pretending that the water-cooled twire had long been known and was part of background knowledge could explain why, at the Calder Iron Works, the dry twire was persisted with for so long.
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He contended that the water-cooled twire was clearly necessary for effective use of the hot blast, and that Neilson was either ignorant of it or deliberately failed to mention it in the specification.
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The gardener used a twire to secure the trellis to the garden post.
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He tied the packages tightly with a piece of twire to prevent them from falling apart.
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To keep the wire in place, she wrapped the loose ends of the twire around the frame.
Synonyms
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A thin metal strand used to carry electricity or to fasten things
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A thin cord used to tie or fasten things
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A thin, flexible length of twisted fibers used for tying things
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A piece of string or ribbon used to fasten things together
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Etymology
Twire can be remembered as a blend of twist and wire, with wire meaning the thin metal thread and twist giving the idea of something small and wrapped, a bit like 'twisted wire'. So twire means a thin metal strand used for tying or fastening.