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  • 11Glance — Glance, v. t. 1. To shoot or dart suddenly or obliquely; to cast for a moment; as, to glance the eye. [1913 Webster] 2. To hint at; to touch lightly or briefly. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] In company I often glanced it. Shak. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 12glance — glance1 [glans, gläns] vi. glanced, glancing [ME glansen, glenchen, prob. a blend < OFr glacier, to slip (see GLACIS) + guenchir, to elude < Frank * wenkjan, to totter; akin to OE wancol, unstable] 1. to strike a surface obliquely and go… …

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  • 13glance — vb 1 *brush, graze, shave, skim Analogous words: *slide, slip, glide: touch, contact (see corresponding nouns at CONTACT): dart, *fly 2 glint, *flash, gleam, sparkle, glitter, glisten, scintil …

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  • 14glance-coal — glanceˈ coal noun Anthracite • • • Main Entry: ↑glance …

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  • 15glance at — ● glance …

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  • 16glance — index vision (dream) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 17glance at — index notice (observe) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 18glance off — index deviate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 19glance over — index peruse Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 20glance — ► VERB 1) take a brief or hurried look. 2) strike at an angle and bounce off obliquely. ► NOUN ▪ a brief or hurried look. DERIVATIVES glancing adjective. ORIGIN Old French glacier to slip , from glace ice …

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