ppl. a. Spangled with stars.
1591. Sylvester, Du Bartas, I. ii. 1172. Above the Heavn’s Star-spangled Canopy.
a. 1593. Marlowe, Ovid’s Elegies, III. ix. [x.] 21. He who rules the worlds starre-spangled towers.
1647. C. Harvey, Schola Cordis, xxxiii. 12. Thy piercing eye Whose light outvieth the star-spangled skie.
1777. Potter, Æschylus, Agamem., 234. Heaven’s star-spangled plain.
1814. F. S. Key (title of song), The Star-spangled Banner.
1895. Baden-Powell, Matabele Campaign, vi. And then you take a last look at the glorious star-spangled ceiling overhead.
