side glancen.
/ˈsʌɪd ɡlɑːns/, /ˈsʌɪd ɡlans/, U.S. /ˈsaɪd ˌɡlæns/ 1. A glance to the side or from the corner of the eye; a sidelong (now typically furtive) glance.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > a look or glance > [noun] > sideways
side-lookinga1500
side looka1586
blench1609
side glance1611
leera1616
skew1622
askewa1641
gloat1645
glega1650
by-glancea1658
squint1673
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sklent1818
glee1828
squinny1902
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Queue To cast a side-glaunce at.
1648 T. Stephens tr. Statius Thebais i. 28 The noble Thebane now with down-cast eyes Swolne big with grief, now with side-glances spies Tydeus his wounds.
1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 13. ⁋1 When a well-made Man appeared, he was sure to have a Side-glance of Observation.
1752 ‘H. Beaumont’ Crito 24 The Fascination, or stroke of Love, is most usually, I believe, conveyed, at first, in a Side-glance.
1869 B. C. Smith Let. 6 June in Young Scholar's Lett. (1897) 68 I was startled the other day, when a side glance toward my glass revealed to me a likeness of which I had no idea.
1888 J. Payn Myst. Mirbridge xxiii ‘My lads,’ said he with a side-glance at the girls, ‘I have got news for you.’
1920 J. Conrad Rescue (1923) v. v. 341 During the silence Mrs. Travers with a quick side-glance noticed d'Alcacer as one sees a man in a mist.
2009 Sunday Tel. (Australia) (Nexis) 25 Jan. 58 I have had the odd side glance at his wife.
2. figurative. An indirect or brief reference; a passing allusion.
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society > communication > information > hint or covert suggestion > [noun]
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inkling1529
intimation1531
insinuation1532
by-warning1542
byword1542
item1561
cue1565
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vent1613
insusurration1614
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infusion1641
side glance1693
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touch1706
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sidewiper1870
sniff1936
1693 W. Freke Sel. Ess. 178 Some Men too often use poyson'd Praises, and which shew, by a side-glance, the Faults of those they Praise, and which they dare not to discover otherwise.
1744 J. Grove Hist. Life & Times Cardinal Wolsey III. xiv. 355 He seemed rather, by a side Glance, to blame the Cardinal.
1778 Monthly Rev. Apr. 291 Such is the side glance view given by the fair historian, of those very important subjects, the national debt and public credit.
1831 R. Blakey Ess. Good & Evil 4 Some writers pass by the doctrine of free-will with a side glance.
1860 National Rev. Apr. 323 Yet it has been with at least a side-glance to questions of this sort, that the history..has been..written.
1927 Amer. Mercury Nov. p. lxxxiv/2 This treatise on human anatomy and physiology, with side-glances at pathology, is addressed to the educated layman.
2006 Novel 39 433 Chapter 14..focused mainly on The Italian but with side-glances at Udolpho.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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