wire-draw
verb
[ ˈwʌɪədrɔː ]
• draw out (metal) into wire by passing it through a series of holes of diminishing diameter in a steel plate.
• "they knew how to beat tin and how to wire-draw copper"
• refine (an argument or idea) excessively, in such a way that it becomes strained or forced.
• "wire-draw the expressions and they become dull paraphrases on rich sentiments"
