Wir"y (?), a. [Written also wiery.]
1.
Made of wire; like wire; drawn out like wire.
2.
Capable of endurance; tough; sinewy; as, a wiry frame or constitution.
"A little
wiry sergeant of meek demeanor and strong sense."
Dickens.
He bore his age well, and seemed to retain a wiry vigor and alertness.
Hawthorne.
© Webster 1913.