Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Glance \Glance\, 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.