Dictionary entry

Sparkle

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Spar″kle (?), n. [Dim. of spark.] 1. A little spark; a scintillation.

As fire is wont to quicken and go

From a sparkle sprungen amiss,

Till a city brent up is. Chaucer.

The shock was sufficiently strong to strike out some sparkles of his fiery temper. Prescott.

2. Brilliancy; luster; as, the sparkle of a diamond.