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Lance
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) A sudden flash of light or splendor.
(2):
(v. i.) To shoot or emit a flash of light; to shine; to flash.
(3):
(n.) A name given to some sulphides, mostly dark-colored, which have a brilliant metallic luster, as the sulphide of copper, called copper glance.
(4):
(n.) A quick cast of the eyes; a quick or a casual look; a swift survey; a glimpse.
(5):
(v. i.) To look with a sudden, rapid cast of the eye; to snatch a momentary or hasty view.
(6):
(v. i.) To make an incidental or passing reflection; to allude; to hint; - often with at.
(7):
(v. i.) To move quickly, appearing and disappearing rapidly; to be visible only for an instant at a time; to move interruptedly; to twinkle.
(8):
(v. t.) To shoot or dart suddenly or obliquely; to cast for a moment; as, to glance the eye.
(9):
(v. t.) To hint at; to touch lightly or briefly.
(10):
(n.) An incidental or passing thought or allusion.
(11):
(v. i.) To strike and fly off in an oblique direction; to dart aside. "Your arrow hath glanced".
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Lance'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/l/lance.html. 1828.
