Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Glimpse \Glimpse\, n. [For glimse, from the root of glimmer.]
   1. A sudden flash; transient luster.

            LIght as the lightning glimpse they ran. --Milton.

   2. A short, hurried view; a transitory or fragmentary
      perception; a quick sight.

            Here hid by shrub wood, there by glimpses seen. --S.
                                                  Rogers.

   3. A faint idea; an inkling.

Glimpse \Glimpse\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Glimpsed}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Glimpsing}.]
   to appear by glimpses; to catch glimpses. --Drayton.

Glimpse \Glimpse\, v. t.
   To catch a glimpse of; to see by glimpses; to have a short or
   hurried view of.

         Some glimpsing and no perfect sight.     --Chaucer.

Source : WordNet®

glimpse
     n 1: a quick look [syn: {glance}, {coup d'oeil}]
     2: a brief or incomplete view; "from the window he could catch
        a glimpse of the lake"
     3: a vague indication; "he caught only a glimpse of the
        professor's meaning"
     v : catch a glimpse of or see briefly; "We glimpsed the Queen as
         she got into her limousine"