Filigrain /(?)/

Fil·i·grain

Filigrain

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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