Emily Dickinson Lexicon

GLANCE, v.i.

1. To shoot or dart a ray of light or splendor. When through the gloom the glancing lightnings fly. Rowe.
2. To fly off in an oblique direction; to dart aside. The arrow struck the shield and glanced. So we say, a glancing ball or shot.
3. To look with a sudden, rapid cast of the eye; to snatch a momentary or hasty view. Then sit again, and sigh and glance. Suckling.
4. To hint; to cast a word or reflection; as, to glance at a different subject.
5. To censure by oblique hints. Shak.