FILLET

(Fr. filet.) In Architecture, a small square member placed above or below other larger members in an order. The term as used by carpenters and joiners means' a small piece to which boards, joists, or quarters are nailed Fl'LLIGRANE, or FILLIGREE., (Lat. filum, thread.) In Sculpture, an extremely fine ornamental work of flowers, fruits, , formed with gold or silver wire in serpentine layers, or plaited and worked otherwise together and solder ed. It is an eastern invention. [s. 468]