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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
What stars do spangle heaven with such beauty? --Shak.
{Spangled coquette} (Zo["o]l.), a tropical humming bird
({Lophornis regin[ae]}). See {Coquette}, 2.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
spangled
adj : covered with beads or jewels or sequins [syn: {beaded}, {beady},
{bejeweled}, {bejewelled}, {bespangled}, {gemmed}, {jeweled},
{jewelled}, {sequined}, {spangly}]
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