Wiring

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wire \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.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     2. To put upon a wire; as, to wire beads.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To snare by means of a wire or wires.
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     4. To send (a message) by telegraph. [Colloq.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. (Croquet) To place (a ball) so that the wire of a wicket
        prevents a successful shot.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     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.
        [PJC]
  
     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.
        [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wiring \Wir"ing\, n.
     1. The act of one that wires anything.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     2. The wires or conductors employed in any system in which
        electric voltages or current are transmitted between
        components.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  wiring
       n 1: a circuit of wires for the distribution of electricity
       2: the work of installing the wires for an electrical system or
          device