glance1
v.
- take a brief or hurried look.
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(glance at/through)
read quickly or cursorily.
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(often glance off)
strike at an angle and bounce off obliquely.
n.
- a brief or hurried look.
- archaic a flash or gleam of light.
- Cricket a stroke with the bat's face turned slantwise to deflect the ball slightly.
Derivative
- glancing adj.
- glancingly adv.
Etymology
ME: prob. a nasalized form of obs. glace, from OFr. glacier ‘to slip’, from glace ‘ice’.
glance2
n.
a shiny black or grey sulphide ore of lead, copper, or other metal.
Etymology
ME: from Ger. Glanz ‘brightness, lustre’.