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Definition of Glance

1. Noun. A quick look.

2. Verb. Throw a glance at; take a brief look at. "They glance up the hill"; "I only peeked--I didn't see anything interesting"

3. Verb. Hit at an angle.

Definition of Glance

1. n. A sudden flash of light or splendor.

2. v. i. To shoot or emit a flash of light; to shine; to flash.

3. v. t. To shoot or dart suddenly or obliquely; to cast for a moment; as, to glance the eye.

Definition of Glance

1. Verb. (intransitive) To look briefly (''at'' something). ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive) To graze a surface. ¹

3. Verb. To sparkle ¹

4. Verb. (soccer) To hit lightly with the head, make a deft header. ¹

5. Noun. A brief or cursory look. ¹

6. Noun. A deflection. ¹

7. Noun. A form of mineral with a brilliant lustre. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Glance

1. to look quickly [v GLANCED, GLANCING, GLANCES]

Medical Definition of Glance

1. 1. A sudden flash of light or splendor. "Swift as the lightning glance." (Milton) 2. A quick cast of the eyes; a quick or a casual look; a swift survey; a glimpse. "Dart not scornful glances from those eyes." (Shak) 3. An incidental or passing thought or allusion. "How fleet is a glance of the mind." (Cowper) 4. A name given to some sulphides, mostly dark-coloured, which have a brilliant metallic luster, as the sulphide of copper, called copper glance. Glance coal, anthracite; a mineral composed chiefly of carbon. Glance cobalt, cobaltite, or gray cobalt. Glance copper, calcocite. Glance wood, a hard wood grown in Cuba, and used for gauging instruments, carpenters' rules, etc. McElrath. Origin: Akin to D. Glans luster, brightness, G. Glanz, Sw. Glans, D. Glands brightness, glimpse. Cf. Gleen, Glint, Glitter, and Glance a mineral. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Glance

glamourize glamourized glamourizes glamourizing glamourless glamourous glamourousness glamourpuss glamourpusses glamours

glamoury glamping glams glanc'd glanc't glance (current term) glance away glance off glance over glanceability

glanceable glanced glanceless glancer glancers glances glancing glancing wound glancingly glancings

Literary usage of Glance

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"glance, English equivalent of the German glänz, a term applied to opaque minerals of which ... The following are some of them : Antimonial copper-glance. or ..."

2. Treatise on Mineralogy: Or, The Natural History of the Mineral Kingdom by Friedrich Mohs (1825)
"TETRAHEDRAL COPPER-glance. Tetrahedral Copper-Pyrites. JAM. Syst. Vol. ... Tetrahedral Copper-glance. Man. p. 276. Grey Copper. Fahlerz. Рты., p. 300. ..."

3. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"The hasty color went and came In the bold cheek of Malcolm Graeme, But from his glance it well appeared T was but for Ellen that he feared; The Douglas thus ..."

4. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings ... Annual Forum by National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association, Conference of Charities (U.S., Conference of Charities (U.S.), National Conference of Social Work (U.S. (1902)
"While it is better to press on toward the goal than to dwell too much upon past achievements,.a backward glance at what has already been accomplished should ..."

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