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   Wire (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wired (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Wiring.]
   1. To bind with wire; to attach with wires; to apply wire to; as, “to wire corks in bottling liquors”.
   
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   2. To put upon a wire; as, “to wire beads”.
   
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   3. To snare by means of a wire or wires.
   
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   4. To send (a message) by telegraph.  [Colloq.]
   
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   5. (Croquet) To place (a ball) so that the wire of a wicket prevents a successful shot.
   
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   6. to equip with a system of wiring, especially for supply of electrical power or communication; as, “to wire an office for networking the computers; to wire a building with 220-Volt current”.
   
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   7. to equip with an electronic system for eavesdropping; to bug; as, “to wire the office of a mob boss; to wire an informant so as to record his conversations”.
   
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   Wiring (?), n.
   1. The act of one that wires anything.
   
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   2.  The wires or conductors employed in any system in which electric voltages or current are transmitted between components.
   
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