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Meaning of GLANCING

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Glan"cing\, a.
1. Shooting, as light.
         When through the gancing lightnings fly. --Rowe.
2. Flying off (after striking) in an oblique direction; as, a
   glancing shot.
 
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