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Fescue :: Fescue (n.) A straw, wire, stick, etc., used chiefly to point out letters to children when learning to read..

Loop :: Loop (n.) A wire forming part of a main circuit and returning to the point from which it starts.

Fascet :: Fascet (n.) A wire basket on the end of a rod to carry glass bottles, etc., to the annealing furnace; also, an iron rod to be thrust into the mouths of bottles, and used for the same purpose; -- called also pontee and punty..

Cable :: Cable (n.) A rope of steel wire, or copper wire, usually covered with some protecting or insulating substance; as, the cable of a suspension bridge; a telegraphic cable..

Escape :: Escape (n.) Leakage or loss of currents from the conducting wires, caused by defective insulation..

Electro-magnet :: Electro-magnet (n.) A mass, usually of soft iron, but sometimes of some other magnetic metal, as nickel or cobalt, rendered temporarily magnetic by being placed within a coil of wire through which a current of electricity is passing. The metal is generally in the form of a bar, either straight, or bent into the shape of a horseshoe..

Electrode :: Electrode (n.) The path by which electricity is conveyed into or from a solution or other conducting medium; esp., the ends of the wires or conductors, leading from source of electricity, and terminating in the medium traversed by the current..

Mould :: Mould (n.) A frame with a wire cloth bottom, on which the pump is drained to form a sheet, in making paper by hand..

Wiredraw :: Wiredraw (v. t.) Hence, to draw by art or violence..

Torsional :: Torsional (a.) Of or pertaining to torsion; resulting from torsion, or the force with which a thread or wire returns to a state of rest after having been twisted round its axis; as, torsional force..

Subworker :: Subway (n.) An underground way or gallery; especially, a passage under a street, in which water mains, gas mains, telegraph wires, etc., are conducted..

Bonnet :: Bonnet (n.) A frame of wire netting over a locomotive chimney, to prevent escape of sparks..

Pianoforte :: Pianoforte (a.) A well-known musical instrument somewhat resembling the harpsichord, and consisting of a series of wires of graduated length, thickness, and tension, struck by hammers moved by keys..

Cloth :: Cloth (n.) A fabric made of fibrous material (or sometimes of wire, as in wire cloth); commonly, a woven fabric of cotton, woolen, or linen, adapted to be made into garments; specifically, woolen fabrics, as distinguished from all others..

Knout :: Knout (n.) A kind of whip for flogging criminals, formerly much used in Russia. The last is a tapering bundle of leather thongs twisted with wire and hardened, so that it mangles the flesh..

Pin :: Pin (n.) Especially, a small, pointed and headed piece of brass or other wire (commonly tinned), largely used for fastening clothes, attaching papers, etc..

Ductile :: Ductile (a.) Capable of being elongated or drawn out, as into wire or threads..

Wire-heel :: Wire-heel (n.) A disease in the feet of a horse or other beast.

Agraffe :: Agraffe (n.) A hook, eyelet, or other device by which a piano wire is so held as to limit the vibration..

Wiredraw :: Wiredraw (v. t.) Hence, also, to draw or spin out to great length and tenuity; as, to wiredraw an argument..

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