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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
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

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
      [1913 Webster]

   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]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]

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