spangle

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

SPAN'GLE, verb transitive 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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