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glance noun2. [glɑ:ns] LME.
[German Glanz (Dutch glans) lustre: cf. Dutch glanserts glance ore.]
Orig. glance ore. Any of various metallic ores, chiefly sulphides, with a grey or black lustre.
antimony glance, bismuth glance, copper glance, iron glance, lead glance, silver glance.
Comb.: glance coal: of high lustre (esp. anthracite); glance ore: see above; glance pitch a brilliant black variety of bitumen.