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ˈfiligree-ˌwork
[f. filigree n. + work.]
1. Work in filigree.
1773Gentl. Mag. XLIII. 433 A thick board cut through like filligree-work. 1848Lytton Harold i. i, An uncut jewel, set in Byzantine filagree work.
fig.1818Hazlitt Eng. Poets iv. 96 The Rape of the Lock..the most exquisite specimen of filigree work ever invented.
2. transf. Stone-work resembling filigree.
1790Pennant London (1813) 94 Quatre-foils of philligree-work. 1857H. Miller Test. Rocks i. 38 Columns of an elder Alhambra, roughened with..exquisite filagree work. |