Noun : a filigree of frost. From Dictionary.com.
Witty, larky, clever the swank man and the swankier woman recall the filigreed mysteries of Thirties Hollywood. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-06-01] Reference
Chocolate is still the king of beverages, often served in the same kind of filigreed gourds depicted on Classic Mayan vases. From Wordnik.com. [The Cuisine of Tabasco: Heartland Of Pre-Hispanic Cooking] Reference
The freckled fingers let go of the filigreed weapon. From Wordnik.com. [Tek Lab]
Oda slowly stirred his tea with a tiny filigreed spoon. From Wordnik.com. [The Miko]
He opened the filigreed doors and stepped out onto the balcony. From Wordnik.com. [The Tower of Fear]
Like a damselfly, theirs were filigreed, and the flames tore holes. From Wordnik.com. [The Third Bear Story Collection–Turned In (sorta)] Reference
STAMBERG: Huge filigreed stones crashing down in pinks, golds, blues. From Wordnik.com. [Monet's Canvas Cathedrals: A Life Study Of Light] Reference
THE BOY Below the doorknob was a filigreed silver plate and a keyhole. From Wordnik.com. [The Waste Lands]
Bleys drew his long, filigreed blade, and its edge sparkled in the sun. From Wordnik.com. [Nine Princes In Amber]
He twisted the filigreed glass stopper out of the dark wooden container. From Wordnik.com. [The Mad Ship]
I started by regluing filigreed section, which worked surprisingly well. From Wordnik.com. [Adapting Your Novel to Podcast: Penguicon Panel recording] Reference
The filigreed streetlights — four of them, two on each side — glowed. From Wordnik.com. [The Hearing]
She picked up a necklace of filigreed gold, hung with pearls and diamonds. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Regiment]
He closed the filigreed doors to the balcony, turned to face his companion. From Wordnik.com. [The Tower of Fear]
His light dancing boots were filigreed with silver and gilt to match his veil. From Wordnik.com. [The Mad Ship]
The girls were sitting outside on filigreed lawn furniture, sipping strawberry punch. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt: The House of Gentle Men by Kathy Hepinstall] Reference
Inside the car, as it drove off, he handed her a small filigreed sterling-silver pillbox. From Wordnik.com. [The Kaisho]
We are safe, though we stay only long enough to fill a filigreed basket with bear berries. From Wordnik.com. [I Know Where the Yakonan Have Gone] Reference
He opened his watch again and stared with apparent incomprehension at its filigreed hands. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Rifles]
It is important to point out this difference because it is not some filigreed distinction. From Wordnik.com. [Robert David Jaffee: Improving Media Coverage of Mentally Ill] Reference
What he got was a dazzling filigreed structure slowly revolving in three-dimensional space. From Wordnik.com. [Time Was]
Think arched sandstone porticos, elaborate geometric gardens and delicate filigreed windows. From Wordnik.com. [Rajasthan's New Crown Jewel Hotels] Reference
And the filigreed charm of CPS's Louis Sullivan-designed corner entrance can hardly be matched. From Wordnik.com. [Lost City: Chicago Edition: City of the Big Closures] Reference
One of Durmast's men had sold him a slender sabre with an ivory hilt and a filigreed fist-shield. From Wordnik.com. [Waylander]
The fine, filigreed leaves are easily 3ft wide, and they shine like burnished metal early in the season. From Wordnik.com. [Jolly brollies] Reference
She gasped when he pulled out a small velvet box and opened it to reveal a filigreed band with a large oval diamond. From Wordnik.com. [Captivated by the Tycoon]
They wore wide-bladed swords in filigreed sheaths, and hung their pouches at their belts as if to brag of their wealth. From Wordnik.com. [The Mad Ship]
The wall went on for a half mile more, and then a set of pillars connected by a filigreed wrought-iron arch rose from it. From Wordnik.com. [There's Something In A Sunday]
Silver filigreed breastplates of gold barely contained her ivory breasts, and a girdle of pearls a finger wide hung low on her hips. From Wordnik.com. [Conan The Invincible]
Her ears are decorated with filigreed studs of silver gilt, with a setting of scarlet cloth behind the filigree work to show them off. From Wordnik.com. [Children of Borneo] Reference
I hesitated at the foot of the drive and checked the script letters woven into the filigreed design of the gate's arch: BURNING OAK RANCH. From Wordnik.com. [There's Something In A Sunday]
He mailed gold-filigreed invitations to every movie star and C.E.O. he could think of, then invited dignitaries from 24 foreign countries. From Wordnik.com. [The Man Who Was Texas] Reference
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