glance copper

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glance copper - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Glance \Glance\, n. [Akin to D. glans luster, brightness, G.
     glanz, Sw. glans, D. glands brightness, glimpse. Cf. Gleen,
     Glint, Glitter, and Glance a mineral.]
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     1. A sudden flash of light or splendor.
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              Swift as the lightning glance.        --Milton.
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     2. A quick cast of the eyes; a quick or a casual look; a
        swift survey; a glimpse.
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              Dart not scornful glances from those eyes. --Shak.
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     3. An incidental or passing thought or allusion.
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              How fleet is a glance of the mind.    --Cowper.
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     4. (Min.) A name given to some sulphides, mostly
        dark-colored, which have a brilliant metallic luster, as
        the sulphide of copper, called copper glance.
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     Glance coal, anthracite; a mineral composed chiefly of
        carbon.
  
     Glance cobalt, cobaltite, or gray cobalt.
  
     Glance copper, chalcocite.
  
     Glance wood, a hard wood grown in Cuba, and used for
        gauging instruments, carpenters' rules, etc. --McElrath.
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