bespangling

As he gazed at the bride all bespangled with gold, he felt that he had in his trunk the means of bespangling his bride with diamonds.

Springhaven Richard Doddridge 2004

The scattered fragments strewed the ground like stars bespangling the firmament.

The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli

With difficulty we crawled to a little cavern, which just held us, and also permitted the servants to change the children's dripping clothes, and thus passed the whole night; but the sun arose as bright as ever, rendering the scene more brilliant and lovely, from the innumerable rain-drops bespangling everything.

Yr Ynys Unyg The Lonely Island Julia de Winton

Many inquiries are made for such subjects, and this is one of the number (which is far from ample) that can be relied upon for not only covering the bare earth, but also for bespangling such position with its bright blossoms for two months in spring.

Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. John Wood

When you are speaking with honest country people about the beauty of their fields, do not talk about "Flora spreading her fragrant mantle on the superficies of the earth, and bespangling the verdant grass with her beauteous adornments."

Hold Up Your Heads, Girls! : Helps for Girls, in School and Out Annie H Ryder

Cuculla, [J] bespangling the fleecy flowers that crowded the forest, appeared like the stars of heaven glowing among the silver clouds of an autumnal evening.

Narrative of the shipwreck of the brig Betsey, of Wiscasset, Maine, and murder of five of her crew, by pirates, on the coast of Cuba, Dec. 1824. Daniel Collins

Fortunately for our friends, it proved a clear night, with countless stars bespangling the heavens.

The Rover Boys in Southern Waters or The Deserted Steam Yacht Edward Stratemeyer 1896

Now, the river was as busy as the land, lights swimming hither and thither; steamboats with ropes of tiny stars bespangling their dark bulk and a white electric glare in the bow, low boats with lights that sent wavering spear-heads into the shadow beneath.

Stories of a western town 1893

Now, the river was as busy as the land, lights swimming hither and thither; steamboats with ropes of tiny stars bespangling their dark bulk and a white electric glare in the bow, low boats with lights that sent wavering spear-heads into the shadow beneath.

Stories of a Western Town Octave Thanet 1892

As he gazed at the bride all bespangled with gold, he felt that he had in his trunk the means of bespangling his bride with diamonds.

Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War 1862