different between mesh vs filigree

English

Etymology

From Middle English mesche, from Old English masc (“net”) (perhaps influenced in form by related Old English mæscre (“mesh, spot”)) both from Proto-Germanic *maskr?, *maskw?, from Proto-Indo-European *mezg- (“to knit, twist, plait”). Akin to Old High German m?sca (“mesh”), Old Saxon maska (“net”), Old Norse m?skvi, m?skun (“mesh”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??/
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

mesh (plural meshes)

1. A structure made of connected strands of metal, fiber, or other flexible/ductile material, with evenly spaced openings between them.
2. The opening or space enclosed by the threads of a net between knot and knot, or the threads enclosing such a space.
3. The engagement of the teeth of wheels, or of a wheel and rack.
4. A measure of fineness (particle size) of ground material. A powder that passes through a sieve having 300 openings per linear inch but does not pass 400 openings per linear inch is said to be -300 +400 mesh.
5. (computer graphics) A polygon mesh.

Synonyms

• (space and threads): lattice, network, net

Derived terms

• mesh number
• navmesh
• polymesh
• submesh

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Verb

mesh (third-person singular simple present meshes, present participle meshing, simple past and past participle meshed)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To connect together by interlocking, as gears do.
2. (intransitive, figuratively, by extension) To fit in; to come together harmoniously.

3. (transitive) To catch in a mesh.
   • a. 1547, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, "Description of the fickle affections, pangs, and slights of love"

     I know how loue doth rage vpon a yelding minde:
     How smal a net may take and meash a hart of gentle kinde

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Anagrams

• Hems, Mehs, Shem, hems, mehs

English

Alternative forms

• filagree
• fillagree, filligree (archaic)

Etymology

From French filigrane, from Italian filigrana, from Latin f?lum (“thread”) + gr?num (“grain”)

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?f?l.?.??i?/

Noun

filigree (countable and uncountable, plural filigrees)

1. A delicate and intricate ornamentation made from gold or silver (or sometimes other metal) twisted wire.
   • 1844, Robert Browning, "The Labratory":

     To carry pure death in an earring, a casket,

     A signet, a fan-mount, a filigree basket!

2. A design resembling such intricate ornamentation.
   • 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Chapter 1:

     But why speak about her? It is probable that we shall not hear of her again from this moment to the end of time, and that when the great filigree iron gates are once closed on her, she and her awful sister will never issue therefrom into this little world of history.

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Verb

filigree (third-person singular simple present filigrees, present participle filigreeing, simple past and past participle filigreed)

1. (transitive) To decorate something with intricate ornamentation made from gold or silver twisted wire.

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