glance
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The verb is derived from Late Middle English glenchen (“of a blow: to strike obliquely, glance; of a person: to turn quickly aside, dodge”) [and other forms],[1] a blend of:[2]
The noun is derived from the verb.[4]
glance (third-person singular simple present glances, present participle glancing, simple past and past participle glanced)
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glance (countable and uncountable, plural glances)
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From Late Middle English glaunce[5] (compare glaunce-ore (“type of ore; lead ore used for glazing pottery (?)”)),[6] borrowed from Middle High German glanz (“(adjective) gleaming, glittering, sparkling; (noun) a gleam, glitter, sparkle”),[7] from Old High German glanz (“bright”, adjective), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰlend-.
glance (countable and uncountable, plural glances) (mineralogy)