eyeglance

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Etymology

From eye +‎ glance.

Pronunciation

Noun

eyeglance (plural eyeglances)

  1. A glance of the eye.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. , London: [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
      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.
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