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Webster 1913 Edition

Spang

Spang

,
Verb.
T.
To spangle.
[Obs.]

Spang

,
Verb.
I.
To spring; to bound; to leap.
[Scot.]
But when they
spang
o’er reason's fence,
We smart for't at our own expense.
Ramsay.

Spang

,
Noun.
A bound or spring.
[Scot.]
Sir W. Scott.

Spang

,
Noun.
[AS.
spange
a clasp or fastening; akin to D.
spang
, G.
spange
, OHG.
spanga
, Icel.
spöng
a spangle.]
A spangle or shining ornament.
[Obs.]
With glittering
spangs
that did like stars appear.
Spenser.

Webster 1828 Edition

Spang

SPANG

,
Noun.
A spangle or shining ornament; a thin piece of shining metal; something brilliant used as an ornament.
2.
An y little thing sparkling and brilliant like pieces of metal; as crystals of ice. For the rich spangles that adorn the sky.

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