aglanceadj.
/əˈɡlɑːns/, /əˈɡlans/, U.S. /əˈɡlæns/ literary.
In predicative use only: flashing, gleaming.
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the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [adjective] > flashing
flaming?a1400
flashing1548
brandishing1581
lamping1590
lightening1592
flashy1609
fulgid1610
bickering1667
coruscating1705
outflaming1856
aglance1880
flashful1890
the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [adjective] > gleaming, glimmering, or flickering
levininga1340
leaming1387
gloringa1400
gleamingc1400
glimpsing1551
shimmering1558
glooming1579
brandishing1581
gleamy1593
glancing1596
glimmering1600
flickering1608
flashing1616
blinking1681
glimmerous1793
skimmeringa1800
aglimmer1828
agleam1854
aglint1871
aglance1880
glinting1883
shimmery1883
glimmery1906
1880 T. E. Webb tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust i. ii. 60 With wreath and ribbon all aglance.
1918 D. H. Lawrence New Poems 15 North of them all [sc. clouds], at the farthest ends, stands one bright-bosomed, aglance With fire.
1981 W. Graham Stranger from Sea ii. iii. 199 She shook her head impatiently, eyes aglance.
2006 D. Barbour & S. E. Murphy Continuations 28 Quaffed rinse lifting Middle things aglance with Shadow.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1880