| glance | (n) a quick look, Syn. glimpse, coup d'oeil |
| glance | (v) throw a glance at; take a brief look at, Syn. glint, peek, Example: She only glanced at the paper; I only peeked--I didn't see anything interesting |
| glance | (v) hit at an angle |
| Glance | v. i. From art, from nature, from the schools, On me the curse aslope The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, Wherein obscurely He glanced at a certain reverend doctor. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ] And all along the forum and up the sacred seat, |
| Glance | v. t. In company I often glanced it. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Glance | n. [ Akin to D. glans luster, brightness, G. glanz, Sw. glans, D. glands brightness, glimpse. Cf. Gleen, Glint, Glitter, and Glance a mineral. ] [ 1913 Webster ] Swift as the lightning glance. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] Dart not scornful glances from those eyes. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] How fleet is a glance of the mind. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Glancing | a. When through the gancing lightnings fly. Rowe. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Glancingly | adv. In a glancing manner; transiently; incidentally; indirectly. Hakewill. [ 1913 Webster ] |