Meaning Of Glance

n.

A sudden flash of light or splendor.

n.

A quick cast of the eyes; a quick or a casual look; a swift survey; a glimpse.

n.

An incidental or passing thought or allusion.

n.

A name given to some sulphides, mostly dark-colored, which have a brilliant metallic luster, as the sulphide of copper, called copper glance.

v. i.

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

v. i.

To strike and fly off in an oblique direction; to dart aside. "Your arrow hath glanced".

v. i.

To look with a sudden, rapid cast of the eye; to snatch a momentary or hasty view.

v. i.

To make an incidental or passing reflection; to allude; to hint; -- often with at.

v. i.

To move quickly, appearing and disappearing rapidly; to be visible only for an instant at a time; to move interruptedly; to twinkle.

v. t.

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

v. t.

To hint at; to touch lightly or briefly.