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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Wiry

/wĭr'-ē/ · Wir·y · IPA /ˈwaɪ(ə)ɹi/
01 a. Made of wire; like wire; drawn out like wire.
  1. 1.
    Made of wire; like wire; drawn out like wire.
  2. 2.
    Capable of endurance; tough; sinewy; as, a wiry frame or constitution.
    “He bore his age well, and seemed to retain a wiry vigor and alertness.” Hawthorne.