Upglance

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An upwards glance.

    "See him bend over the woman, and the upglance of her eyes as she speaks."

Verb
  1. 1
    To glance upwards. obsolete

    "I stood beside her couch, with her thin fingers clasped round my hand ever so long, looking down at the earnest eyes upglancing from the pillow."

Example

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"See him bend over the woman, and the upglance of her eyes as she speaks."

Etymology

From up- + glance.

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