/fil"i gree'/ , n., adj., v., filigreed, filigreeing .
n.
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.
adj.
3. composed of or resembling filigree.
v.t.
4. to adorn with or form into filigree.
Also, filagree, fillagree .
[ 1685-95; earlier filigreen, var. of FILIGRAIN ]