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Spangle \Span"gle\, v. i.
To show brilliant spots or points; to glisten; to glitter.
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Some men by feigning words as dark as mine
Make truth to spangle, and its rays to shine. --Bunyan.
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Spangle \Span"gle\, n. [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.
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2. Figuratively, any little thing that sparkless. "The rich
spangles that adorn the sky." --Waller.
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{Oak spangle}. See under {Oak}.
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Spangle \Span"gle\, v. 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.
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What stars do spangle heaven with such beauty? --Shak.
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{Spangled coquette} (Zool.), a tropical humming bird
({Lophornis reginae}). See {Coquette}, 2.
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