wiredraw

• POS: Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: wire=draw

CIDE DICTIONARY

wiredraw, v. t. 

•  To form (a piece of metal) into wire, by drawing it through a hole in a plate of steel.  [1913 Webster]
•  Hence, to draw by art or violence.  [1913 Webster]

  "My sense has been wiredrawn into blasphemy."  [1913 Webster]
•  Hence, also, to draw or spin out to great length and tenuity; as, to wiredraw an argument.  [1913 Webster]

  "Such twisting, such wiredrawing, was never seen in a court of justice."  [1913 Webster]
•  To pass, or to draw off, (as steam) through narrow ports, or the like, thus reducing its pressure or force by friction.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

wiredraw, v.tr. (past -drew; past part. -drawn)
1 draw (metal) out into wire.
2 elongate; protract unduly.
3 (esp. as wiredrawn adj.) refine or apply or press (an argument etc.) with idle or excessive subtlety.