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eyeglance en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈʌɪɡlɑːns/ (UK)

Etymology

From eye + glance.

Meanings

1. A glance of the eye.
   • Perilous as her eyeglances were, and much as they menaced, Lord Etherington felt at this moment the importance of soothing Lady Penelope to silence […]. 1823, Walter Scott, St. Ronan's Well:
   • And ever, as Dissemblaunce laught on him, / He lowrd on her with daungerous eyeglaunce […]. 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
   • 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. 2008, MH Ford, Personal Power:

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