a sudden flash of light or splendor.-a quick cast of the eyes; a quick or a casual look; a swift survey; a glimpse.-an incidental or passing thought or allusion.-a name given to some sulphides, mostly dark-colored, which have a brilliant metallic luster, as the sulphide of copper, called copper glance.-to shoot or emit a flash of light; to shine; to flash.-to strike and fly off in an oblique direction; to dart aside. "your arrow hath glanced".-to look with a sudden, rapid cast of the eye; to snatch a momentary or hasty view.-to make an incidental or passing reflection; to allude; to hint; -- often with at.-to move quickly, appearing and disappearing rapidly; to be visible only for an instant at a time; to move interruptedly; to twinkle.-to shoot or dart suddenly or obliquely; to cast for a moment; as, to glance the eye.-to hint at; to touch lightly or briefly.