Real Dictionary

glance
countable noun: A glance is a quick look at someone or something.
verb: If you glance at something or someone, you look at them very quickly and then look away again immediately.
verb: If you glance through or at a newspaper, report, or book, you spend a short time looking at it without reading it very carefully.

glance in American English 1
a glancing off; deflected impact
to cause (an object) to strike a surface at an angle and be deflected
to strike a surface obliquely and go off at an angle
intransitive verb: to look quickly or briefly
noun: a quick or brief look
transitive verb: to cast a glance or brief look at; catch a glimpse of

glance in American English 2
any of various ores with a metallic luster: now applied to only a few metallic ores, as silver glance ( argentite) and lead glance ( galena)
noun: any of various minerals having a luster that indicates a metallic nature

glance in British English 1
noun: a hasty or brief look; peep
verb: to look hastily or briefly

glance in British English 2
noun: any mineral having a metallic lustre, esp a simple sulphide