English Dictionary

scance

noun

A crescent-shaped structure of stones built to afford cover in battle. / (Scotland, obsolete) A gleam or glow. / (medicine, obsolete) A dose of radiation. / (obsolete) A social discussion.

I had a scan yesterday.

意味（1）

A crescent-shaped structure of stones built to afford cover in battle.

As for the state of Antwerp, the enemy has fortified so strongly that their ships cannot possibly remove him; for he bends half his force to defend the scance of Calloo, upon the Fladers' side of the bridge, and the other half on the brabant side, which is full of scances, so that one hundred men can defend it from five hundred.

意味（2）

(Scotland, obsolete) A gleam or glow.

In silk an' sattin ilk ane scances,

An gauze beside,

They've loupit o'er a' sort o' fences

In silk an' sattin ilk ane scances, An gauze beside, They've loupit o'er a' sort o' fences Wi perfect pride.

意味（3）

(medicine, obsolete) A dose of radiation.

The succeeding scances may even be prolonged to twenty or twenty-five minutes, but it will then be necessary to use light massage to the part exposed to the electric rays.

意味（4）

(obsolete) A social discussion.

The members of the club were all eager to debate such matters as poetry, art, religion, music, and natural science with open minds. From these creative scances were born many of the ideas that contributed to the Industrial Revolution, as well as its financial sponsoring.