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Filigrain

Filigrain \Fil"i*grain\, Filigrane \Fil"i*grane\, n. [Sp. filigrana (cf. It. filigrana, E. filigrane), fr. L. filuma thread + granum grain. See File a row, and Grain, and cf. Filigree.] Filigree. [Archaic]

With her head . . . touches the crown of filigrane.
--Longfellow.

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filigrain

n. (alternative form of filigrane English)

Usage examples of "filigrain".

Lord General differed very little from those of an officer of his own bodyguard, except that they were somewhat more ornamented, being filigrained with gold.