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11 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pan \Pan\, v. i. 1. (Mining) To yield gold in or as in the process of panning; -- usually with out as the gravel panned out richly. 2. To turn out (profitably or unprofitably); to result; to develop; as the investigation, or the speculation, panned out poorly. [Slang, U. S.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pan \Pan\, n. [L., fr Gr ?.] (Gr. Myth.) The god of shepherds, guardian of bees, and patron of fishing and hunting. He is usually represented as having the head and trunk of a man, with the legs, horns, and tail of a goat, and as playing on the shepherd's pipe, which he is said to have invented. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pan \Pan\, n. [OE. panne, AS panne; cf D. pan, G. pfanne, OHG. pfanna Icel., Sw., LL., & Ir panna, of uncertain origin; cf L. patina, E. paten.] 1. A shallow, open dish or vessel, usually of metal, employed for many domestic uses, as for setting milk for cream, for frying or baking food, etc.; also employed for various uses in manufacturing. ``A bowl or a pan.'' --Chaucer. 2. (Manuf.) A closed vessel for boiling or evaporating. See {Vacuum pan}, under {Vacuum}. 3. The part of a flintlock which holds the priming. 4. The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the upper part of the head; the brainpan; the cranium. --Chaucer. 5. (C?rp.) A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge. 6. The hard stratum of earth that lies below the soil. See {Hard pan}, under {Hard}. 7. A natural basin, containing salt or fresh water, or mud. {Flash in the pan}. See under {Flash}. {To savor of the pan}, to suggest the process of cooking or burning; in a theological sense to be heretical. --Ridley. Southey. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pan- \Pan-\, Panta- \Pan"ta-\, Panto- \Pan"to-\ [Gr. ?, m., ?,neut., gen. ?, all.] Combining forms signifying all every; as panorama, pantheism, pantagraph, pantograph. Pan- becomes pam- before b or p, as pamprodactylous. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pan \Pan\, n. [OE. See 2d {Pane}.] 1. A part a portion. 2. (Fort.) The distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the flanked angle. 3. [Perh. a different word.] A leaf of gold or silver. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pan \Pan\, v. t. & i. [Cf. F. pan skirt, lappet, L. pannus a cloth, rag, W. panu to fur, to full.] To join or fit together; to unite. [Obs.] --Halliwell. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pan \Pan\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Panned}; p. pr & vb n. {Panning}.] (Mining) To separate, as gold, from dirt or sand, by washing in a kind of pan. [U. S.] We . . . witnessed the process of cleaning up and panning out which is the last process of separating the pure gold from the fine dirt and black sand. --Gen. W. T. Sherman. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pan \Pan\, n. [Hind. p[=a]n, Skr. parna leaf.] The betel leaf; also the masticatory made of the betel leaf, etc See {?etel}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pan n 1: wide metal vessel used in cooking 2: god of fields and woods and shepherds and flocks; represented as a man with goat's legs and horns and ears; identified with Roman Sylvanus or Faunus [syn: {Pan}, {the goat god}] 3: shallow container made of metal 4: chimpanzees; more closely related to Australopithecus than to other pongids [syn: {Pan}, {genus Pan}] v 1: make a sweeping movement; "The camera panned across the room" 2: wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals [syn: {pan out}, {pan off}] 3: express a totally negative opinion of "The critics panned the performance" [syn: {tear apart}, {trash}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Pan a vessel of metal or earthenware used in culinary operations; a cooking-pan or frying-pan frequently referred to in the Old Testament (Lev. 2:5; 6:21; Num. 11:8; 1 Sam. 2:14, etc.). The "ash-pans" mentioned in Ex 27:3 were made of copper, and were used in connection with the altar of burnt-offering. The "iron pan" mentioned in Ezek. 4:3 (marg., "flat plate " or "slice") was probably a mere plate of iron used for baking. The "fire-pans" of Ex 27:3 were fire-shovels used for taking up coals. The same Hebrew word is rendered "snuff-dishes" (25:38; 37:23) and censers" (Lev. 10:1; 16:12; Num. 4:14, etc.). These were probably simply metal vessels employed for carrying burning embers from the brazen altar to the altar of incense. The "frying-pan" mentioned in Lev. 2:7; 7:9 was a pot for boiling. From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: PAN Personal Account Number
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