1. A sudden shoot of light or splendor.
2. A shoot or darting of sight; a rapid or momentary view or cast; a snatch of sight; as a sudden glance; a glance of the eye.
GL`ANCE, v.i. To shoot or dart a ray of light or splendor.
When through the gloom the glancing lightnings fly.
1. To fly off in an oblique direction; to dart aside. The arrow struck the shield and glanced. So we say, a glancing ball or shot.
2. To look with a sudden rapid cast of the eye; to snatch a momentary or hasty view.
Then sit again, and sigh and glance.
3. To hint; to cast a word or reflection; as to glance at a different subject.
4. To censure by oblique hints.
GL`ANCE, v.t. To shoot or dart suddenly or obliquely; to cast for a moment; as, to glance the eye.
