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Webster 1913 Edition


Eyeglance

Eye′glanceˊ

,
Noun.
A glance of eye.
2.
Eyepiece of a telescope, microscope, etc.
3.
The retina.
[Poetic]
4.
A glass eyecup. See
Eyecup
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Eyeglance

EY'EGLANCE

,
Noun.
A glance of the eye; a rapid look.

Definition 2024


eyeglance

eyeglance

English

Alternative forms

  • eye glance
  • eye-glance

Noun

eyeglance (plural eyeglances)

  1. A glance of the eye.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.12:
      And ever, as Dissemblaunce laught on him, / He lowrd on her with daungerous eyeglaunce […].
    • 1823, Walter Scott, St. Ronan's Well:
      Perilous as her eyeglances were, and much as they menaced, Lord Etherington felt at this moment the importance of soothing Lady Penelope to silence […].
    • 2008, MH Ford, Personal Power:
      The sideways eye glance is a widespread expression combining a lowered head and the eyes looking sideways, thus taking advantage of boldness and shyness at the same time.