1 definition found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Spangle \Span"gle\, verb (used with an object) [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.

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