[spread-ea.gle] vb -ea.gled ; -ea.gling vi (1826) 1: to execute a spread eagle (as in skating)
2: to stand or move with arms and legs stretched out: sprawl ~ vt 1: to stretch out into the position of a spread eagle
2: to spread over
[2]spread-eagle adj [fr. the spread eagle on the Great Seal of the U.S.] (1858): marked by bombast and boastful exaggeration esp. of the greatness of the U.S. "~ oratory"