spangle (spanggl)

[ hence, any small sparkling object. Formerly spangles were often lozenge-shaped; now they are circular, very small, and sewed upon theatrical and other garments through holes with which they are pierced. In old embroidery they were of many forms. Thus in a starry night fond children cry For the rich spangles that adorn the sky. Waller . A fine young personage in a coat all over spangles . Gray, Letters, I. 205. 2. One of the small metal clasps used in fastening the tapes and wires of a hoop-skirt.-3. A spongy excrescence on the oak. See oak spangle. spangle (spang'gl), v.; pret. and pp. spangled, ppr. spangling. [ spangle, n.] 1. trans. To set or cover with many small bright objects or points; especially, to decorate with spangles, as a garment. What stars do spangle heaven with such beauty? Shak., T. of the S., iv. 5. 31. Spanish and feet. The Maltese dog and the lion-dog are also small toy spaniels, used as lap-dogs. The water-spaniels, large and small, differ from the common spaniel in the roughne of their coats, and in uniting the aquatic propensities of the Newfoundland dog with the fine hunting qualities of their own race. Leading strains of the springers the Norfolk, and Su ex, in different colors. 2. Figuratively, a mean, cringing, fawning person; a blindly submi ive follower: from the characteristics of the spaniel in relation to its master, or when in a state of fear. He, unhappy man! whom your advancement Hath ruin'd by being spaniel to your fortunes, Will curse he train'd me hither. Ford , Fancies, iii. 3. II. a . Like a spaniel; fawningly submi ive; mean; servile; cringing. Low-crooked court's ies, and base spaniel -fawning. Shak ., J. C., iii. 1. 43. spaniel (span'yel or span'el), v. [ IMG:content-1629.png:[graphic] Church ill. II. trans. To follow like a spaniel. Shak ., A. and C., iv. 12. 21. Spaniolate (span'i-o-lāt), v. t . [ Español , Spanish (see spaniel ), + -ate2 .] Same as Spani- olize. Sir P. Sidney ( Kingsley in Davies ). II. in trans . To glitter; glisten, like anything span iolite (span'i-o-līt), n. A name given by set with spangles. [Rare.] Ta ils spanglynge ynne the sunne, Muche glorious to beholde. Chatter ton, Bris to we Tragedy, st. 67. [ spangle + Breithaupt to a variety of schwatzite. Spaniolize (span'i-o-līz), v. t. [ spangled (spang'gld), a. Adorned with spangles; set with many small Hispaniolize. [Rare.] bright objects. Compare star - spangled. Her skin pure dimity, yet more fair, being spangled here and there with a golden freckle. Sheridan, The Duenna, ii. 1. Spangled coquette, a small and very gorgeously colored crested humming-bird, Lophornis regina. spangler (spang'gler), n. [ O Maker of sweet poets! dear delight Of this fair world and all its gentle livers; Spangler of clouds, halo of crystal rivers. A tympany of Spaniolized bishops swaggering in the foretop of the state. Milton , Reformation in Eng., ii. Spanish (span'ish), a . and n. [ Spainisc D. Spaansch = G. Spanisch = Sw. Dan. Spansk (ML. reflex Spaniscus ); as Spain (see Spaniard ) + -ish1.] I. a. Of or pertaining to Spain or a Spaniard or Spaniards. - Spanish arbor-vine, Armada, bayonet, black. See the nouns. - Spanish bean. See scarlet runner , under runner.- Spanish berries. See Persian berries , under Persian . - Spanish bluebell. Same as Spanish squill. - Spanish broom. See broom1, 1.- Spanish buckeye. See buckeye . - Spanish buglo . Same as alkanet , 2.- Spanish burton. See burton. - Spanish calalu. See Phytol acc a . - Spanish campion. See Silene . - Spanish carnation, cedar, chalk. See the nouns. - Spanish catarrh. Same as influenza , 1.- Spanish chair, a stuffed and upholstered chair with deep seat and high back, made soft and luxurious, but without arms. - Spanish chestnut. See chest nut , 1.-Spanish cloak. See cloak , 1. - Spanish clover. See Richardson i a . - Spanish cre , a pepperwort, Lepi dium Cardamines ; also, another cruciferous plant, Carrich Keats , Endymion, i. tera Vellæ ( Vella annua ). - Spanish cro . See cro l. Bursts of spangly light.