filagree

American  

[fil-uh-gree] / ˈfɪl əˌgri /

noun

filagreed, filagreeing

1. a less common variant of filigree.

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filagree British  

/ ˈfɪləˌɡriː /

noun

1. a less common variant of filigree

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Example Sentences

Judiciary Committee members in both parties should ask questions that probe the souls of nominees — simple, direct questions stripped of rhetorical filagree.

From Salon

Pouring out of the center of each blossom was a filagree of stamens, also creamy white.

From Washington Times

But opening one eye, the filagree of sunlight, sifting through the leaves, disclosed hundreds of worms letting themselves down by gossamer cables toward the earth.

From Project Gutenberg

The royal apartments in Whitehall were completely mounted with hammered and filagree silver furniture in the seventeenth century.

From Project Gutenberg

Many-coloured bandages wrapped the body in a close sheath; and the legs also were closely fastened together in a case of gold filagree.

From Project Gutenberg