Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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["o]l.), a tropical humming bird
      ({Lophornis regin[ae]}). See {Coquette}, 2.