glance

glance is a Noun

Definition:

[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-colored, 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, c -- Glance wood, a hard wood grown in Cuba, and used for gauging instruments, carpenters` rules, etc. McElrath.