spane 
5794 
[Cf. span 1 
Spanish 
hence, any small sparkling object. Formerly 
SS^SSB^pSSSS 
Kirinents through holes with which they are pierced. In 
Sid embroidery they were of many forms. 
Thus in a starry night fond children cry 
For the rich spangles that adorn the sky. 
A fine young personage in a coat all o' 
a inean, cringing, fawning 
person; a blindly submissive follower: from 
Waller. 
2 One of the small metal clasps used in fas- 
tening the tapes and wires of a hopp-start. d. 
A spongy excrescence on the oak. See oaK- 
set or cover with many small bright objects or 
points; especially, to decorate with spangles, 
as a garment, 
2. Figuratively, 
rjerson; a blind.., 
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. F urd, tancies, ni. .i. 
II. . Like a spaniel ; fawningly submissive : 
mean; servile; cringing. 
Low-crooked court'sies, and base nnnM-fawning. ^ 
spaniel (spau'yel or span'el), r. [< spaniel, .] 
I. teJrtHW. To fawn; cringe; be obsequious. 
Chttreliill. 
II trans. To follow like a spaniel, f>lt<ik., 
. and C., iv. 12. 21. 
Sculptured Spandrel.- Cloisters of Mont St. Michel au Peril 
Mer, Normandy; 13th century. 
(bi-)si>ennan, G. spanen, spenen); cf. AS. i 
= MD. spene, D. speen = Icel. speni, an uuuer: 
seespean.] To wean. Levins, Mamp. Vocab. 
[Prov. Eng. and Scotch.] 
spanemia, spansmia (spa-ne'mi-a), n. [AL. 
spaiuemid, < Gr. aimv6f, scarce, rare, + ai/ta, 
S 
dremia. Also, rarely, spanemy. 
spanemic, spansemic (spa-nem'ik), . and . 
[< spanemin, gpanamia, + -4c.] I. . In men., 
relating to spanemia ; having the property ot 
impoverishing the blood; hydremic. 
II. . A medicine having the power of im- 
poverishing the blood. 
spanemy (spa-ue'mi), . t 
see spanemia.'] Same as spanemia. [Kare.J 
span-farthingt (span'far'THing), . [< span 1 , 
r., + obj. farthing.'] Same as span-counter. 
His chief solace is to steal down and play at spaiifar- 
thing with the page. Sirifl, Modern Education. 
span-feathert (span'feTH"er), . [< span 1 , r., + 
obj. feather.] Same as span-counter. 
Spaniolate (span'i-o-lat), r. t. [< Sp. Espunol, 
WMft stars do spangle heaven with such beauty? Spanish (see spaniel), + -ate?.] Same as SpMH- 
Shot., T. of the S., iv. 6. 31. o ^ ze Sir P. Sidney (Kitujxliii m DOMM). 
II. intrans. To glitter; glisten, like anything S g a niolite (span'i-o-lit), . A name given by 
set with spangles. [Rare.] 
Tassils spanglynge ynne the sunne, 
Muche glorious to beholde. 
Chatterton, Bristowe Tragedy, st. 67. 
>< spangled (spang'gld), . [< spangle + -erf 2 .] 
>r: Adorned with spangles; set with many small 
bright objects. Compare star-spangled. 
Her skin puredimity, yet more fair, being spangled here g-g^jgh (span'ish), a. and n. [< 1 
and there with a golden 'recWe^ D s anllsch = G . Spanisch = Sw. 
orgeously colored (ML. reflex Spanish); as Spa,n (zee Spa^n,!) 
+ -js/il.] I. a. Of or pertaining to Spam or 
a Spaniard or Spaniards Spanish arbot-vine, 
Armada, bayonet, black. See the nouns. Spanish 
bean. See scarlet runner, under nwmer.- Spanish ber- 
ries See Persian berries, under Persian. Spanish blue- 
To make Spanish in character or sentiments ; 
Hispaniolize. [Rare.] 
A tympany otSpanMized bishops swaggering in the fore- 
p of the state. Milton, Reformation in Eng., ii. 
ME. Spuillira- 
L)an. iSjiaiinl: 
top 
spongier (spang'gler), . [< spangle + -f 1 .] 
One who or that which spangles. 
span-fire-new (span'fir'nu'), a. Same as span- 
new, fire-new. [Prov. Eng.] 
SpangH (spang), H. [< ME. spang, < AS. npa>ige, 
also (jc-spona, a clasp, brooch, = MD. spanuc, 
D. spang = MLG. spangc = OHG. spangd, MHG. 
G. span'ge, a clasp, brooch, buckle, ornament, = 
O Maker of sweet poets ! dear delight 
Of this fair world and all its gentle livers ; 
Spangler of clouds, halo of crystal rivers. 
Keats, I Stood Tiptoe upon a Little Hill. 
spangling-machine (spang'gling-ma-shen"), . 
[< NL. gpanamia : ^ machine for fitting the clasps or spangles 
used in clamping together the tapes and wires 
of a hoop-skirt. E. H. Knigiit. 
Spangly (spang'gli), . [(.Bangle + -01.] Re- 
sembling spangles ; having the glittering effect 
produced by many bright points. 
Bursts of spangly light. Keats, Endymion, i. 
(spang'go-lit), n. _[Named after 
bell Same as Spanish squill. Spanish broom. See 
broom 1,1. Spanish buckeye. See buckeye. Spanish 
bugloss. Same as alkanet, 2.- Spanish burton. See 
"urtim Spanish calalu. See PhyMacca. Spanish 
campion, see Silene. Spanish carnation, cedar, 
chaflL See the nouns.- Spanish catarrh. Same as 
influenza, l.-SpaniSh chair, a slutted and upho stered 
chair with deep seat and high back, made soft and luxuri- 
ous, but without arms. Spanish chestnut. See chest- 
nut, i. Spanish cloak, see cloak, i. Spanish clover. 
See Richardsonia. Spanish cress, a pepperwort, Lepi- 
diumCardamines; also,anothercruciferous plant, Cornc/p- 
tera Vettie (Vella annua). Spanish cross. .See f 
Norman Spang of Pittsburgh, Penn.] A rare 
mineral occurring in hexagonal crystals of an 
emerald-green color, and having perfect basal 
cleavage. It is a basic sulphate of copper and ^alu- 
minium, containing a small percentage of chlorin. 
found with cuprite in Arizona. 
It is 
lce\.spo>in, a clasp, stud, spangle, etc.; root ob- Spaniard (span'yard), . [= I>. 
-* ' ' ' x -i _ i^yTT* 'i.1. iV. .. -.^.~t / f. d r\. Vnyf . , , . , 
scure. The Gael, spang, a spangle, is prob. < E. 
Hence spangle.'] A shining ornament or ob- 
ject ; a spangle. 
Our plumes, our spangs, and al our queint aray ! 
Gascoigne, Steele Glas, p. 377. 
All set with spangs of glitt'ring stars untold. 
Bacon, Paraphrase of Psalm civ. 
Glistering copper spangs, 
That glisten in the tyer of the Court. 
Marston, Antonio and Mellida, I., iii. 1. 
SpangH (spang), r. t. [< spangi, w.] To set 
with bright points: star or spangle. 
Upon his head he wore a hunter's hat 
Of crimson velvet, spangd with stares of gold. 
Barnefield, Cassandra (1595). (Nares.) 
spang 2 (spang), . [A var. or collateral form 
of 
ciation 
To 
in motion; throw with violence, 
and Scotch.] 
She came up to the table with a fantastic spring, and 
spanned down the sparkling mass on it. 
C. Reade, Never too Late to Mend, Ixv. (Davits.) 
spang 2 (spang), n. [< spangV, v.] A spring; a 
with suffix -ard (cf. G. Dan. Spanier = Sw. Spa- 
nioi; with suffix cognate with -crl), < Spain (G. 
Spaiiien, etc.), < L. Hispania, Spain, < Hispani, 
the inhabitants of Hispania or Spain. The 
Rom. adj. is F. espagnol (> ME. Spainolde, n.) = 
Sp. Espaftol = Pg. 'Hcspauliol = It. Spagnuolo, 
< ML. NL. Hispaiiiolits, < L. Hispania, Spain 
(whence ult. E. spaniel). The L. adjectives 
are Hispani/s, Hispanietisis, and Hispanicus (see 
Hispanic).'] A native or a citizen of Spain, a 
kingdom of southwestern Europe, forming the 
greater part of the Iberian peninsula ; in gen- 
eral, a member of the Spanish race, of mixed 
Celtic, Latin, Gothic, Arabic, and other ele- 
ments, but now ranked as one of the Latin 
peoples. 
of a domestic breed, of medium and small sizes, 
with a long silky and usually curly coat, long, 
soft, drooping ears, feathered tail and stern, of 
docile, timid, and affectionate disposition, much 
used for sporting purposes and as pets. The 
most usual colors are liver and white, red and white, or 
bad misnomer. [Southern U. S.] (6) Ihe 
curlew, Xwnemw longirostris. (Local, U. S.]- Spanish 
dagger. Same as dagger-plant. Spanish elm. See 
vrfntmeood. Spanish epoch or era. See era.- Span- 
ish ferreto. See ferreto. Spanish fever. See : Texan 
fever, under Texan. Spanish fox, furnace. See the 
'nouns Spanish fly. (a) A blister-beetle ; a canthand, 
as Cantharix or ij/tto vesicatoria, a meloid beetle found in 
middle and southern Europe and southwestern Asia, where 
it feeds upon ash, lilac, and other trees. It undergoes hy- 
pennetamorphosis, and in its early stages is a parasite in the 
nests of wild bees of the genus Ceratina. See cut under 
Cantharis (6) A preparation of Spanish flies ; canthandes 
used as a vesicant. Spanish-fly ointment. See oint- 
ment Spanish fowl, a breed of the domestic hen, more 
exactly called white-faced black Spanish. They are fowls 
of fair size and stately carriage, of glossy greenish-black 
plumage, with high red comb, single and deeply sen-ate, 
large red wattles, and the ear-lobes and entire side of the 
face enameled white. The flesh is superior, and the hen is 
an excellent layer of large white eggs. Spanish gourd, 
the winter squash, Cucurbita maxima. Spanish grass. 
Same as esparto. Spanish hyacinth. See Uyaantlms. 
Spanish Jasmine. See Jasntinvm Spanish Juice. 
See licorice, 2. Spanish juniper, Jmiiperus thurifera.- 
Spanish lace. See lace. Spanish lady, a labroid flsh, 
llanye or Boilianus rufus, of the Caribbean and neighbor- 
ing seas. Spanish leather, lobster, mackerel. Seethe 
nouns. Spanish licorice, the common licorice. Span- 
ish mahogany. See mahogany, 2. Spanish mam, for- 
merly the northeast coast of South America, between the 
Orinoco river and the isthmus of Panama, and the adjoin- 
ing part of the Caribbean sea. Spanish morion. See 
morioni. Spanish moss. Same as long-moss.. Span- 
ish n in printing, the letter n with a curved line (Sp. 
tilde) over it (fl), reckoned as the sixteenth letter in the 
Spanish alphabet. It marks the omission of an original i, 
and preserves its coalesced sound, as in Espafia (as-pa'- 
nya) for Hispania, Spain, corresponding to gn in Italian 
and French. Spanish needles. See B-ulens, i. Span- 
ish nut. See nut. Spanish oak, an oak. Quercus Jal- 
cata, of the southern United States. Its wood is largely 
used for fuel, and to some extent for other purposes : its 
Irark is rich in tannin. Also red-oak, and sometimes Tm- 
, ,- . - ~. - J J'"' > Vf j "'^""fej *' most usual colors are liver ana wnite, red ana wnite, or narK is ricn in tannin. AISO rea-ontr. an 
leaping or springing up ; a violent blow or black and white, in broken or massed areas, sometimes key oak. The swamp Spanish oak is the 
[Pro 
movement. [Prov. Eng. and Scotch.] 
Set roasted beef and pudding on the opposite side o 1 the 
pit o' Tophet, and an Englishman will make a spang at it. 
Scott, Bob Roy, xxviii. 
He went swinging by the rope back to the main stem of 
the tree, gave it a fierce spang with his feet, and . . . got 
an inch nearer the window. C. Reade, Hard Cash, xliii. 
spang 3 (spang), c. [Appar. a corrupt form of 
To hitch; fasten. [Scotch.] 
To spang horses, or fasten them to the chariot. 
Hollyband, Dictionarie, 1593. (HaUiwett.) 
deep brown or black on the face or breast, with a tan mark 
over the eye. Spaniels sport or are bred into many strains, 
and three classes of them are sometimes distinguished : 
land- or field-spaniels, including the cocker and springer : 
water-spaniels; and toy spaniels, as the King Charles and 
the Blenheim. The English spaniel is a superior and very 
pure breed ; and, although the name spaniel would seem 
to indicate a Spanish origin, it is most probably indige- 
nous. This dog was used in the days of falconry to start 
the game. The King Charles is a small black-and-tan 
variety of the spaniel ; the Blenheim is similar, but white 
marked with red or yellow ; both should have a rounded 
head with short muzzle, full eyes, and well-fringed ears 
.in-oak. Span- 
ish oyster-plant, see oyster-plant. Spanish parra- 
keet, the violet grosbeak, Loxigilla violacea, a Bahaman 
tauager. [Andros Island.] Spanish piket, a spear used 
in Scotland and the north of England about 1600, and spe- 
cified as the arm of a noble. Anderson, Anc. Scottish 
Weapons, p. 13. Spanish plover, plum, point, porgy, 
potato. See the nouns. Spanish rider, the punish- 
ment of the herisson. Spanish soap, squill, stopper, 
sword, tinder, toothpick, topaz. See the nouns. 
Spanish stripes, a kind of woolen fabric. E. U. Knight. 
Spanish trefoil. Same as lucerne. Spanish type 
of poultry, an economically important group of varieties 
of the domestic hen, originating in the lands bordering 
