fillagree

/ (ˈfɪləˌɡriː) /

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noun, adjective, verb

a less common variant of filigree

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Words nearby fillagree

Filipina, Filipino, Filipinx, filister, fill, fillagree, fill away, fille de joie, filled gold, filled milk, filled to the brim

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How to use fillagree in a sentence

The King was seated in a howdah of gold fillagree, on a colossal black elephant—a giant among elephants.
The Memoirs of a White Elephant|Judith Gautier
But the thought of the fillagree box by degrees took possession of her mind and rankled there as before.
The Fairy Godmothers and Other Tales|Mrs. Alfred Gatty
But not all the peppermint-drops in a chymist's shop could take away the taste of the fillagree-box from Julia.
The Fairy Godmothers and Other Tales|Mrs. Alfred Gatty
It is the most exquisite specimen of fillagree work ever invented.
Hazlitt on English Literature|Jacob Zeitlin

Their trinkets of silver fillagree are extremely neat, and their articles of tootanague are highly finished.
Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton|John Barrow