1) Indirect 1) Looking sideways 
• (a.) Flying off (after striking) in an oblique direction; as, a glancing shot. • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Glance • (a.) Shooting, as light.
Glan'cing adjective 1. Shooting, as light. « When through the gancing lightnings fly.» Rowe. 2. Flying off (after striking) in an oblique direction; as, a glancing shot. 
striking obliquely and bouncing off at an angle: a glancing blow. · brief and indirect: glancing references to his dubious past.