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See Filigreed. [Archaic]

Relating to, composed of, or resembling, work in filigree; as, a filigree basket. Hence: Fanciful; unsubstantial; merely decorative. You ask for reality, not fiction and filigree work. J. C. Shairp.

Adorned with filigree. Tatler.

Highly actinic light, derived from sunlight or from some form of electric lamp, used in the treatment of lupus and other cutaneous affections.

air by the help of wings; volitation; mode or style of flying. Like the night owl's lazy flight. Shak.

The distance to which an arrow or flight may be shot; bowshot, -- about the fifth of a mile. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Within a flight-shot it inthe valley. Evelyn. Half a flight-shot from the king's oak. Sir W. Scott.

Taking flight; flying; -- used in composition. "Drowsy-flighted steeds." Milton.

A horizontal vane revolving over the surface of wort in a cooler, to produce a circular current in the liquor. Knight.

In a flighty manner.

The state or quality of being flighty. The flightness of her temper. Hawthorne.

Fleeting; swift; transient. The flighty purpose never is o'ertook, Unless the deed go with it. Shak.

One of a row of lights in the front of the stage in a theater, etc., and on a level therewith. Before the footlights, upon the stage; -- hence, in the capacity of an actor.

The condition or quality of being fuliginous; sootiness; matter deposited by smoke. [R.]

Pertaining to soot; sooty; dark; dusky.

In a smoky manner.

Loose hose or breeches; leather leg quards. The word is used loosely and often in a jocose sense.

The light yielded by the combustion of illuminating gas.

A light, with a powerful reflector, placed at the head of a locomotive, or in front of it, to throw light on the track at night, or in going through a dark tunnel.

To enlighten. [Obs.]

Want of diligence. [Obs.] B. Jonson.