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Quick-sighted; catching a glance as one goes.

expressionless; vacant. "Blank and horror-stricken faces." C. Kingsley. The blank . . . glance of a half returned consciousness. G. Eliot.

A glimpse or glance. This is the first blink that ever I had of him. Bp. Hall.

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

A long, round fur tippet; -- so called from its resemblance in shape to the boa constrictor.

A Mediterranean fish (Capros aper), of the family Caproidæ; -- so called from the resemblance of the extended lips to a hog's snout.

of radiant heat, especially in different parts of the spectrum; -- called also actinic balance, thermic balance. S. P. Langley.

tars are mounted to be used in naval bombardments; -- called also mortar vessel. -- Bomb lance, a lance or harpoon with an explosive head, used in whale fishing. -- Volcanic bomb, a mass of lava of a spherical or pear shape. "I noticed volcanic bombs." Darwin.

for resisting pressure; to hold firmly; as, he braced himself against the crowd. A sturdy lance in his right hand he braced. Fairfax.

The lancelet. See Amphioxus.

as a weapon; to raise and move in various directions; to shake or flourish. The quivering lance which he brandished bright. Drake.

ne's bridge (Elec.), a device for the measurement of resistances, so called because the balance between the resistances to be measured is indicated by the absence of a current in a certain wire forming a bridge or connection between two points of the apparatus; -- invented by Sir Charles Wheatstone.…

To show deflance or indignation. To bristle up, to show anger or deflance.

To prod with a pointed instrument, as a lance; also, to broggle. [Scot. & Prov.] Sir W. Scott.

A ring of iron on a lance or spear. See Burr, n., 4.

A broad iron ring on a tilting lance just below the gripe, to prevent the hand from slipping.

To break. [Obs.] You will not pay for the glasses you have burst Shak. He burst his lance against the sand below. Fairfax (Tasso).

A kind of linen cloth made in Egypt, and so named from its resemblance to cambric.

anary birds. -- Canary stone (Min.), a yellow species of carnelian, named from its resemblance in color to the plumage of the canary bird. -- Canary wood, the beautiful wood of the trees Persea Indica and P. Canariensis, natives of Madeira and the Canary Islands. -- Canary vine. See Canary bird flower, under Canary…

A lance or dart made of cane. [R.] Judgelike thou sitt'st, to praise or to arraign The flying skirmish of the darted cane. Dryden.