eyeglance

English

Alternative forms

• eye glance
• eye-glance

Etymology

From eye +‎ glance.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈʌɪɡlɑːns/

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.