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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.
Definition 2024
eyeglance
eyeglance
English
Alternative forms
- eye glance
- eye-glance
Noun
eyeglance (plural eyeglances)
- 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.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.12: