bespangle

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The stars, which to the number of several millions bespangle the sky, are not scattered uniformly.

From The Story of the Heavens by Ball, Robert S. (Robert Stawell), Sir

It exists in, and influences every atom, whose combinations compose and constitute the entire material creation, or each and every orb that bespangle the blue infinity.

From Aether and Gravitation by Hooper, William George

O sweet are the scenes of my boyhood's sunny years That bespangle the gay valley o'er; And dear are the friends, seen through memory's fond tears, That have lived in the blest days of yore.

From Ocean to Ocean on Horseback Being the Story of a Tour in the Saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with Especial Reference to the Early History and Devel by Glazier, Willard W.

The fixed stars which enamel and bespangle the concave expanse, or canopy of heaven, by numbers and lustre, make the night beauteous and delightful, which would otherwise be dark and horrible. 

From A Museum for Young Gentlemen and Ladies Or, a Private Tutor for Little Masters and Misses by

Go out in the evening and see the dew gather drop by drop upon the grass, or trace the delicate hoar-frost crystals which bespangle every blade on a winter's morning.

From The Fairy-Land of Science by Buckley, Arabella B.