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De - Pt| English Dictionary: spangled coquette | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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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[94]l.), a tropical humming bird ({Lophornis regin[91]}). See {Coquette}, 2. | |
