Sprēad'-ēa'gle1, n.
(-ē'gl), n. (Her.) An eagle, or the figure of an eagle, with its wings elevated and its legs extended;—often met as a device in heraldry, upon military ornaments, and the like.
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Spread-eagle
Sprēad'-ēa'gle2, a.
a. Characterized by a pretentious, boastful, exaggerating style; defiantly or extravagantly bombastic; as, a spread-eagle orator; a spread-eagle speech. [Colloq. U. S.]
Sprēad'-ēa'gle3, n.
n. (Com.) The operation of one who buys an amount of stock on time, and then bargains to sell the same stock within the same time at a higher rate, expecting to receive a profit from the difference, without expenditure of capital, but who, as by his bargain the option neither of reception nor delivery is in his hands, is at the risk of being obliged both to buy and sell at a disadvantage in order to fulfill his bargain. [Cant.] [U. S.]