Category:Pan

Pan, n. Etym: [oe. See 2d pane.]

1. A part; a portion.

2. (fort.)

Defn: the distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the Flanked angle.

3. Etym: [perh. a different word.]

Defn: a leaf of gold or silver.

Pan Pan, v. t. & i. Etym: [cf. F. pan skirt, lappet, l. pannus a cloth, Rag, w. panu to fur, to full.]

Defn: to join or fit together; to unite. [obs.] Halliwell.

Pan Pan, n. Etym: [hind. pan, skr. parna leaf.]

Defn: the betel leaf; also, the masticatory made of the betel leaf, Etc. See.

Pan Pan, n. Etym: [l., fr. Gr. (gr. Myth.)

Defn: 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.

Pan Pan, n. Etym: [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.)

Defn: 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

Defn: 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.

Pan Pan, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Panned; p. pr. & vb. n. Panning.] (mining)

Defn: 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.

Pan Pan, v. i.

1. (mining)

Defn: 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.]

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---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

Pan - A vessel of metal or earthenware used in culinary operations; a cooking-pan or frying-pan frequently referred to in the Old Testament (Leviticus 2:5; Leviticus 6:21; Numbers 11:8; 1 Samuel 2:14, etc.). The "ash-pans" mentioned in Exodus 27:3 were made of copper, and were used in connection with the altar of burnt-offering. The "iron pan" mentioned in Ezekiel 4:3 (marg., "flat plate " or "slice") was probably a mere plate of iron used for baking. The "fire-pans" of Exodus 27:3 were fire-shovels used for taking up coals. The same Hebrew word is rendered "snuff-dishes" (Exodus 25:38; Exodus 37:23) and "censers" (Leviticus 10:1; Leviticus 16:12; Numbers 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 Leviticus 2:7; Leviticus 7:9 was a pot for boiling.