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- verb obsolete Simple past tense and past participle of
glance .
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Examples
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Firm in its pristine strength; -- then glanc'd his eye
The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II 43 BC-18? Ovid
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So eager was the old gentleman in watching the progress of his mixture, that he merely glanc'd up at my entrance, and then, holding up a hand for silence, turn'd his eyes on the saucepan again.
The Splendid Spur Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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And she glanc'd on my sight like some ghost of the dead,
Life in the Clearings versus the Bush Susanna Moodie 1844
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As o'er the crowd he glanc'd; and springing forth,
The Iliad 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1834
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Grimly glanc'd back her ray, bright from arms that were spread,
Thoughts Suggested by the Approach of a Regiment of Soldiers 1812
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Which opening quick, light glanc'd against their eyes:
Poetical Sketches 1795
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So, fo — Nay, my faying was but general; I glanc'd at no particular.
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Hark ye, "he lean'd forward and glanc'd to right and left," if these twain intend my hurt -- as indeed 'twould seem -- they lose their labor: for this very night I ride from Oxford. "
The Splendid Spur Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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