ppl. a. north. dial. [f. SPANG v.1] Spangled, flecked, variegated, etc. Usu. of cattle.

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1582.  Durham Wills (Surtees), II. 65. I gyue to Roland Sympson one spangit whye.

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1583.  Wills & Inv. N. C. (Surtees, 1860), 75. To my sonne William a spangde cowe.

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1621.  Shuttleworths’ Acc. (Chetham Soc.), 249. For an odde oxe that was spanged. Ibid. For a yolke of oxen called Little Spanged Oxe and his felowe.

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1828–.  in dial. glossaries (Yks., Lanc., Cumbld., etc.).

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