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Agate :: Agate (n.) A tool used by gold-wire drawers, bookbinders, etc.; -- so called from the agate fixed in it for burnishing..

Barbed :: Barbed (a.) Furnished with a barb or barbs; as, a barbed arrow; barbed wire..

Brad :: Brad (n.) A thin nail, usually small, with a slight projection at the top on one side instead of a head; also, a small wire nail, with a flat circular head; sometimes, a small, tapering, square-bodied finishing nail, with a countersunk head..

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

Wire-puller :: Wire-puller (n.) One who pulls the wires, as of a puppet; hence, one who operates by secret means; an intriguer..

Looped :: Looped (a.) Bent, folded, or tied, so as to make a loop; as, a looped wire or string..

Shifter :: Shifter (n.) A wire for changing a loop from one needle to another, as in narrowing, etc..

Wiredraw :: Wiredraw (v. t.) To form (a piece of metal) into wire, by drawing it through a hole in a plate of steel..

Wire :: Wire (v. t.) To put upon a wire; as, to wire beads..

Guitar :: Guitar (n.) A stringed instrument of music resembling the lute or the violin, but larger, and having six strings, three of silk covered with silver wire, and three of catgut, -- played upon with the fingers..

Cable :: Cable (n.) A large, strong rope or chain, of considerable length, used to retain a vessel at anchor, and for other purposes. It is made of hemp, of steel wire, or of iron links..

Reticule :: Reticule (n..) A system of wires or lines in the focus of a telescope or other instrument; a reticle.

Wireworm :: Wireworm (n.) A galleyworm.

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..

Abacus :: Abacus (n.) A calculating table or frame; an instrument for performing arithmetical calculations by balls sliding on wires, or counters in grooves, the lowest line representing units, the second line, tens, etc. It is still employed in China..

File :: File (n.) The line, wire, or other contrivance, by which papers are put and kept in order..

Wire-pulling :: Wire-pulling (n.) The act of pulling the wires, as of a puppet; hence, secret influence or management, especially in politics; intrigue..

Blue Grass :: Blue grass () A species of grass (Poa compressa) with bluish green stems, valuable in thin gravelly soils; wire grass..

Scratchbrush :: Scratchbrush (n.) A stiff wire brush for cleaning iron castings and other metal.

Brush :: Brush (n.) A bundle of flexible wires or thin plates of metal, used to conduct an electrical current to or from the commutator of a dynamo, electric motor, or similar apparatus..

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