Spangle
['spæŋg(ə)l] or ['spæŋgl]
Definition
(verb.) decorate with spangles; 'the star-spangled banner'.
(verb.) glitter as if covered with spangles.
Typed by Angelo--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A small plate or boss of shining metal; something brilliant used as an ornament, especially when stitched on the dress.
(n.) Figuratively, any little thing that sparkless.
(v. t.) To set or sprinkle with, or as with, spangles; to adorn with small, distinct, brilliant bodies; as, a spangled breastplate.
(v. i.) To show brilliant spots or points; to glisten; to glitter.
Inputed by Cole
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Sparkling ornament.
Checked by Blanchard
Definition
n. a small thin plate or boss of shining metal: anything sparkling and brilliant like a spangle.—v.t. to adorn with spangles.—v.i. to glitter.—adjs. Spang′led Spang′ly.—n. Spang′ler.
Typist: Stanley
Examples
- I thought you a broken toy that had lasted its time; a worthless spangle that was tarnished, and thrown away. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Yes; so she's going to wear a white satin gown with gold spangles. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Miss Bart, if you can't sew those spangles on more regular I guess you'd better give the hat to Miss Kilroy. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Miss Bart, I guess you can sew those spangles on as well as I can when you're feeling right. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The forewoman was right: the sewing on of the spangles was inexcusably bad. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Why were we ever told to bring navy revolvers with us if we had to be protected at last by this infamous star-spangled scum of the desert? Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The city of Messina, milk-white, and starred and spangled all over with gaslights, was a fairy spectacle. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- When I came into the box, the orchestra played the 'Star-Spangled Banner,' and all the people in the house arose; whereupon I was very much embarrassed. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- From his neck to his knees, in ample folds, a robe swept down that was a very star-spangled banner of curved and sinuous bars of black and white. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Yes, I said; his life is motley and manifold and an epitome of the lives of many;--he answers to the State which we described as fair and spangled. Plato. The Republic.
- Nearby was a large, handsome house with its ample front illuminated in the same way, and above its roof floated the Star-Spangled Banner of America. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- This, then, seems likely to be the fairest of States, being like an embroidered robe which is spangled with every sort of flower. Plato. The Republic.
- Here you saw the sweet azure of blue-bells, and recognized in pearl-white blossoms, spangling the grass, a humble type of some starlit spot in space. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Editor: Lois