wire-haired
         adj 1: (especially of dogs) having stiff wiry hair; "a wire-
                  haired terrier" [syn: {wire-haired}, {wiry-coated}]

English Dictionary: wire-haired	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wire-haired fox terrier n a fox terrier with wiry hair
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wire-haired pointing griffon n breed of medium-sized long-headed dogs with downy undercoat and harsh wiry outer coat; originated in Holland but largely developed in France Synonym(s): griffon, wire-haired pointing griffon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wire-haired terrier n a terrier with wiry hair [syn: wirehair, {wirehaired terrier}, wire-haired terrier]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wirehaired terrier n a terrier with wiry hair [syn: wirehair, {wirehaired terrier}, wire-haired terrier]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
worrywart n thinks about unfortunate things that might happen [syn: worrier, fuss-budget, fusspot, worrywart]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whereret \Where"ret\, v. t. [From {Whir}.]       1. To hurry; to trouble; to tease. [Obs.] --Bickerstaff.          2. To box (one) on the ear; to strike or box. (the ear); as,             to wherret a child. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wire \Wire\, n. [OE. wir, AS. wir; akin to Icel. v[c6]rr, Dan.       vire, LG. wir, wire; cf. OHG. wiara fine gold; perhaps akin       to E. withy. [?][?][?][?].]       1. A thread or slender rod of metal; a metallic substance             formed to an even thread by being passed between grooved             rollers, or drawn through holes in a plate of steel.          Note: Wire is made of any desired form, as round, square,                triangular, etc., by giving this shape to the hole in                the drawplate, or between the rollers.          2. A telegraph wire or cable; hence, an electric telegraph;             as, to send a message by wire. [Colloq.]          {Wire bed}, {Wire mattress}, an elastic bed bottom or             mattress made of wires interwoven or looped together in             various ways.          {Wire bridge}, a bridge suspended from wires, or cables made             of wire.          {Wire cartridge}, a shot cartridge having the shot inclosed             in a wire cage.          {Wire cloth}, a coarse cloth made of woven metallic wire, --             used for strainers, and for various other purposes.          {Wire edge}, the thin, wirelike thread of metal sometimes             formed on the edge of a tool by the stone in sharpening             it.          {Wire fence}, a fence consisting of posts with strained             horizontal wires, wire netting, or other wirework,             between.          {Wire gauge} [or] {gage}.             (a) A gauge for measuring the diameter of wire, thickness                   of sheet metal, etc., often consisting of a metal                   plate with a series of notches of various widths in                   its edge.             (b) A standard series of sizes arbitrarily indicated, as                   by numbers, to which the diameter of wire or the                   thickness of sheet metal in usually made, and which is                   used in describing the size or thickness. There are                   many different standards for wire gauges, as in                   different countries, or for different kinds of metal,                   the Birmingham wire gauges and the American wire gauge                   being often used and designated by the abbreviations                   B. W. G. and A. W. G. respectively.          {Wire gauze}, a texture of finely interwoven wire, resembling             gauze.          {Wire grass} (Bot.), either of the two common grasses             {Eleusine Indica}, valuable for hay and pasture, and {Poa             compressa}, or blue grass. See {Blue grass}.          {Wire grub} (Zo[94]l.), a wireworm.          {Wire iron}, wire rods of iron.          {Wire lathing}, wire cloth or wire netting applied in the             place of wooden lathing for holding plastering.          {Wire mattress}. See {Wire bed}, above.          {Wire micrometer}, a micrometer having spider lines, or fine             wires, across the field of the instrument.          {Wire nail}, a nail formed of a piece of wire which is headed             and pointed.          {Wire netting}, a texture of woven wire coarser than ordinary             wire gauze.          {Wire rod}, a metal rod from which wire is formed by drawing.                      {Wire rope}, a rope formed wholly, or in great part, of             wires.