See scance on Wiktionary
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"text": "Ordinarily a temperature from 200 to 350 degrees is sufficient, with scances from thirty to sixty minutes, followed, when there is stasis or a weak circulation, by the “Morton wave current.”",
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"text": "Guillermin believes it better to bring about a temporary suspension of ovarian function by radiotherapy and cites two cases; in one by four treatments in four days; in the other seventeen treatments in the period of one year. The scances were of five minutes for each ovary.",
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"type": "quote"
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"text": "Sounds a-sounding, colors bright,\nSadness lacking, brilliant light;\nFuture scancing, Forward sight,\nSinging day, painted night.",
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"shine",
"shine"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Scotland) To shine."
],
"tags": [
"Scotland"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1916, Joseph Stevenson, Calendar of State Papers, Foreign Series, of the Reign of Elizabeth:",
"text": "Zutphen is victualled, and the States' men lie over the river, entrenched and \"scanced\" to hinder the enemy's coming further into the Velewe.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To take cover in a scance."
],
"links": [
[
"take cover",
"take cover"
]
]
}
],
"word": "scance"
}
{
"categories": [
"English adjectives",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English verbs",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"en:Light",
"en:Thinking"
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "more scance",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most scance",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "scance (comparative more scance, superlative most scance)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1805, Samuel-Egerton Brydges, Censura Literaria:",
"text": "The wild confusion, which the shout of mobs, The din of company, the jest, the sneer, Envy's scance look, and Hatred's savage frown Upraise",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2013 September 4, Stewart Fisher, “He was more than a Championship player. It was time.”, in The Herald Scotland:",
"text": "Plenty other football managers have been damned by early snap judgments on players but there were scance looks all around from the Hamilton contingent when they were informed by Archie Knox that their 15-year-old first team player wasn't being considered for Scotland's under-17s, allegedly on the proviso that he wasn't able to get around the park.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2014, Harry Swiers, Tall Storeys, →ISBN:",
"text": "The latest acquisition of the club, annoyed by the scance glances which he began to receive and Vernon Ivey giving him looks of pure poison, called out above the hubbub: \"Gentlemen. Please.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Reproachful"
],
"links": [
[
"Reproachful",
"reproachful"
]
]
}
],
"word": "scance"
}
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