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That which twinkles or glances, as a dim star, which appears and disappears. Hakewill.

A motion or turn, as of the eye; direction; look; glance; squint. The cast of the eye is a gesture of aversion. Bacon. And let you see with one cast of an eye. Addison. This freakish, elvish cast came into the child's eye. Hawthorne.

Native copper sulphide, called also copper glance, and vitreous copper; a mineral of a black color and metallic luster. [Formerly written chalcosine.]

y. Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul. Pope. The charm of beauty's powerful glance. Milton.

ultramarine, and Thenard's blue. -- Cobalt crust, earthy arseniate of cobalt. -- Cobalt glance. (Min.) See Cobaltite. -- Cobalt green, a pigment consisting essentially of the oxides of cobalt and zinc; -- called also Rinman's green. -- Cobalt yellow (Chem.), a yellow crystalline powder, regarded as a double nitrite…

Recollection; recognition. Who, soon as on that knight his eye did glance, Eftsoones of him had perfect cognizance. Spenser.

ss violent; a stroke of policy. -- Coup d'oeil (k. Etym: [F.] (a) A single view; a rapid glance of the eye; a comprehensive view of a scene; as much as can be seen at one view. (b) The general effect of a picture. (c) (Mil.) The faculty or the act of comprehending at a glance the weakness or strength of a military pos…

Containing, or abounding in, culm or glance coal.

Cursory; hasty. [Obs.] With a cursorary eye o'erglanced the articles. Shak.

d forth; to emit; to shoot; as, the sun darts forth his beams. Or what ill eyes malignant glances dart Pope.

pable of being detected or found out; as, parties not detectable. "Errors detectible at a glance." Latham.

sounds of the same letter, as, a, â, ä, o, ô, etc. "Diacritical points." Sir W. Jones. A glance at this typography will reveal great difficulties, which diacritical marks necessarily throw in the way of both printer and writer. A. J. Ellis.

er assumed for deception; false appearance; counterfeit semblance or show. That eye which glances through all disguises. D. Webster.

Breaking out or bursting forth. The sudden glance Appears far south eruptive through the cloud. Thomson.

to discover, as a distant object partly concealed, or not obvious to notice; to see at a glance; to discern unexpectedly; to spy; as, to espy land; to espy a man in a crowd. As one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn, . . . he espied his money. Gen. xlii. 27. A goodly vessel did I then espy Co…

ness; as to carry the mail with expedition. With winged expedition Swift as the lightning glance.

lso, the hawser holes. Ham. Nav. Encyc. -- Half an eye, very imperfect sight; a careless glance; as, to see a thing with half an eye; often figuratively. "Those who have but half an eye. " B. Jonson. -- To catch one's eye, to attract one's notice. -- To find favor in the eyes (of), to be graciously received and trea…

A glance of the eye. Shak.

Range, reach, or glance of the eye; view; sight; as, to be out of eyeshot. Dryden.

An enticing look or glance. [Obs.] A pretty gleek coming from Pallas' eye. Beau. & Fl.