Fil"i*grain, 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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