Glance (glȧns), n. [Akin to D. glans luster, brightness, G. glanz, Sw. glans, D. glands brightness, glimpse. Cf. Gleen, Glint, Glitter, and Glance a mineral.]
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. (Min.) 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, chalcocite. — Glance wood, a hard wood grown in Cuba, and used for gauging instruments, carpenters' rules, etc. McElrath.