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Definition of Filagree
1. Noun. Delicate and intricate ornamentation (usually in gold or silver or other fine twisted wire).
Definition of Filagree
1. Noun. (alternative form of filigree) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Filagree
1. to filigree [v -GREED, -GREEING, -GREES] - See also: filigree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Filagree
Literary usage of Filagree
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Modern Voyager & Traveller Through Europe, Asia, Africa, & America by M.A. William Adams (1828)
"It was then declared, and readily the repast, slaves attended with silver filagree
censers, offering at the same time towels with gold ends, ..."
2. The Ecclesiologist by Ecclesiological Society (1858)
"Now there are two descriptions of filagree. The first is formed of very small
... In the other description of filagree the ribbons are quite round —in fact, ..."
3. Thoughts on the Greek Revolution by Charles Brinsley Sheridan (1822)
"to hit with these splints of lath decked with flowers; but many people like words
worked into filagree better than when wrought into weapons, ..."
4. Racing Calendar for (1856)
"... by Robert de Gorham, out of Odessa, by Sultan—Phantom—filagree, by Soothsayer—Web.
2. Fuze, 404, 405, 407, ..."
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