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glance

Cricket a stroke in which the ball is deflected off the bat to the leg side; glide

glance

Mineralogy any mineral having a metallic lustre, esp a simple sulphide

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Now then," said Wilson, "I have here the natal autographs of the two children--thrown up to ten times the natural size by the pantograph, so that anyone who can see at all can tell the markings apart at a glance.

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He saw, at a glance, that a native adroitness and handiness made the task to her an easier one than it proved to many.

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Recollecting himself, however, and seeing at a glance the sort of people he had to deal with, the officer turned his back on both his opponents, and courteously, but concealing his face with his handkerchief, approached the prince, who was now rising from the chair into which he had fallen.