[fil-i-gree] 
noun, adjective, verb, -greed, -gree⋅ing.| 1. | delicate ornamental work of fine silver, gold, or other metal wires, esp. lacy jewelers' work of scrolls and arabesques. |
| 2. | anything very delicate or fanciful: a filigree of frost. |
| 3. | composed of or resembling filigree. |
| 4. | to adorn with or form into filigree. |
| fil·i·gree (fĭl'ĭ-grē') n.
To decorate with or as if with filigree. [Alteration of French filigrane, from Italian filigrana : Latin fīlum, thread; see gwhī- in Indo-European roots + Latin grānum, grain; see g  ə-no- in Indo-European roots.] |
filigree
delicate, lacelike ornamental openwork composed of intertwined wire threads of gold or silver, widely used since antiquity for jewelry. The art consists of curling, twisting, or plaiting fine, pliable metal threads and soldering them at their points of contact with each other and, if there is one, with the metal groundwork.
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