to glance through a book
1glance — [[t]glɑ͟ːns, glæ̱ns[/t]] ♦♦♦ glances, glancing, glanced 1) VERB If you glance at something or someone, you look at them very quickly and then look away again immediately. [V prep/adv] He glanced at his watch... [V prep/adv] I glanced back. 2)… …
2leaf through — {v. phr.} To scan or glance through a book or other reading matter. * /I only had time to leaf through the program before the concert started./ …
3leaf through — {v. phr.} To scan or glance through a book or other reading matter. * /I only had time to leaf through the program before the concert started./ …
4leaf\ through — v. phr. To scan or glance through a book or other reading matter. I only had time to leaf through the program before the concert started …
5Book of Kells — The Book of Kells ( ga. Leabhar Cheanannais) (Dublin, Trinity College Library, MS A. I. (58), sometimes known as the Book of Columba) is an illuminated manuscript in Latin, containing the four Gospels of the New Testament together with various… …
6JOB, BOOK OF — (named for its hero (Heb. אִיּוֹב), ancient South Arabian and Thamudic yʾb; Old Babylonian Ayyābum, Tell el Amarna tablet, no. 256, line 6, A ia ab; either from yʾb, to bear ill will or compounded of ay where? and ʾab (divine) father ), one of… …
7EXODUS, BOOK OF — (Heb. title) וְאֵלֶּה) שְׁמוֹת) (And these are) the names of – the first words of the book; Gk. exodos ton wion Israel ex aigyptou), departure (of the children of Israel from Egypt) ; (cf. Sefer Yeẓi at Miẓrayim ( book of the departure from Egypt …
8DANIEL, BOOK OF — DANIEL, BOOK OF, a book of the third division of the Hebrew Bible, the Hagiographa, named for a man Daniel whose fortunes and predictions are the subject of the book. DIVISIONS AND CONTENTS When the Book of Daniel is examined for content and… …
9flip through — THUMB (THROUGH), leaf through, flick through, skim through, scan, look through, browse through, dip into, glance at/through, peruse, run one s eye over. → flip * * * ˌflip ˈthrough …
10browse — [c]/braʊz / (say browz) verb (browsed, browsing) –verb (t) 1. (of cattle, deer, etc.) to nibble at; eat from. 2. (of cattle, deer, etc.) to feed on; pasture on; graze. 3. Computers to search for information on (the internet) using a browser.… …