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Webster 1913 Edition

Spangle

Span′gle

,
Noun.
[OE.
spangel
, dim. of AS.
spange
. See
Spang
a spangle.]
1.
A small plate or boss of shining metal; something brilliant used as an ornament, especially when stitched on the dress.
2.
Figuratively, any little thing that sparkless.
“The rich spangles that adorn the sky.”
Waller.
Oak spangle
.
See under
Oak
.

Span′gle

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Spangled
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Spangling
.]
To set or sprinkle with, or as with, spangles; to adorn with small, distinct, brilliant bodies;
as, a
spangled
breastplate
.
Donne.
What stars do
spangle
heaven with such beauty?
Shakespeare
Spangled coquette
(Zool.)
,
a tropical humming bird (
Lophornis reginae
). See
Coquette
, 2.

Span′gle

,
Verb.
I.
To show brilliant spots or points; to glisten; to glitter.
Some men by feigning words as dark as mine
Make truth to
spangle
, and its rays to shine.
Bunyan.

Webster 1828 Edition

Spangle

SPAN'GLE

,
Verb.
T.
To set or sprinkle with spangles; to adorn with small distinct brilliant bodies; as a spangled breastplate. What stars do spangle heaven with such beauty-

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