Fillagree
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Archaic form of filigree. alt-of, archaic, countable, uncountable
"[…] his precious helpmate sat grinning at the mischief she had occasioned, like an idiot, asking Colonel Lamborn to help her to some of them there thingumbobs out of the silver what-d’ye-call’um. These thingumbobs happened to be no other than a service of West India sweetmeats in a superb fillagree epergne, […]"
- 2 delicate and intricate ornamentation (usually in gold or silver or other fine twisted wire) wordnet
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More examples"[…] his precious helpmate sat grinning at the mischief she had occasioned, like an idiot, asking Colonel Lamborn to help her to some of them there thingumbobs out of the silver what-d’ye-call’um. These thingumbobs happened to be no other than a service of West India sweetmeats in a superb fillagree epergne, […]"
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