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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1648-1649
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Spangle, v. [e.m.E. spangle (a1548); Spangle n.] To decorate as with spangles. — a1649 Drummond Poems (1656) 63 (cf. Spang n.1).
To spread the azure canopy of heaven, And spangle it all with sparkes of burning gold
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