(glans, gläns) v. glanced, glanc·ing ν.i.
1. To strike something at an angle and bounce off.
2. To look quickly or hurriedly.
3. To glint; flash.
4. To make passing reference; allude.
—v.t.
5. To cause to strike something at an angle and bounce off. See synonyms under LOOK.
—noun
1. A quick or passing look; sudden or transient thought.
2. A momentary gleam.
3. An oblique movement or rebound.
4. In cricket, a stroke with the bat held slanting and thus sending the ball to one side of the wicket. [<OF glacier slip, ?infl. by ME glenten shine]

(glans, gläns) noun
A mineral, usually a sulfide, having a vitreous sheen: lead glance. [Short for glance ore <Du. glanserts luster ore]