Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - spangle
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English spangel, diminutive of spang shiny ornament, probably from Middle Dutch spange; akin to Old English spang buckle, Middle Dutch spannen to stretch Date: 15th century 1. a small plate of shining metal or plastic used for ornamentation especially on clothing 2. a small glittering object or particle II. verb (~d; spangling) Date: circa 1548 transitive verb to set or sprinkle with or as if with ~s intransitive verb to glitter as if covered with ~s ; sparkle ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. 1 a small thin piece of glittering material esp. used in quantity to ornament a dress etc.; a sequin. 2 a small sparkling object. 3 (in full spangle gall) a spongy excrescence on oak-leaves. --v.tr. (esp. as spangled adj.) cover with or as with spangles (star-spangled; spangled costume). Derivatives spangly adj. Etymology: ME f. spang f. MDu. spange, OHG spanga, ON sp{ouml}ng brooch f. Gmc ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. блестка; стеклярус 2. редк. блеск, сверкание 3. звезда 4. (with) покрывать блестками; украшать блестками; расшивать стеклярусом 5. блестеть, сверкать meadow spangled with flowers —- луг, пестрый от цветов grass spangled with dewdrops —- трава, сверкающая росинками ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun блестка 2. v. украшать блестками; the heavens spangled with stars - небо, усыпанное звездами ...Англо-русский словарь
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~1 v to cover something with shiny spots (be spangled with) (His mackintosh was spangled with drops of rain.) - spangled also spangly adj (acrobats in spangled tights) ~2 n a small piece of shiny metal or plastic sewn on to clothes to give them a shining effect; sequin ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1440, dim. of spang "glittering ornament, spangle," probably from M.Du. spange "brooch, clasp," cognate with O.E. spang "buckle, clasp," from P.Gmc. *spango, from an extended form of the root of span (2). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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