a. 1. (Computers) Contained within the circuitry of a computer or computer peripheral device, and not changeable by programming; -- of functions; as, error correction is hard-wired into the circuit of the disk drive, so it proceeds very rapidly. [ PJC ]

2. Connected by a continuous electrical wire, rather than through a switch; as, the air-conditioner was hard-wired into the wall circuit, so moving it would require an electrician. [ PJC ]

3. (Metaph.) Performed by an inborn pattern of neural circuits; instinctive; not learned; as, many bird songs are hard-wired, but some are learned. [ PJC ]

People, as the cybernetic metaphor now has it, are “hard wired” to do good in order to enhance their own happiness. Andrew Delbanco (New York Times Magazine, May 7, 2000; p. 46). [ PJC ]

v. t. [ imp. Wiredrew p. p. Wiredrawn p. pr. & vb. n. Wiredrawing. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To form (a piece of metal) into wire, by drawing it through a hole in a plate of steel. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, to draw by art or violence. [ 1913 Webster ]

My sense has been wiredrawn into blasphemy. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. 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. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Steam Engine) To pass, or to draw off, (as steam) through narrow ports, or the like, thus reducing its pressure or force by friction. [ 1913 Webster ]