Noun
chimpanzees; more closely related to Australopithecus than to other pongids

Noun
shallow container made of metal

Noun
cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel

Noun
(Greek mythology) 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

Verb
express a totally negative opinion of; "The critics panned the performance"

Verb
wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals

Verb
make a sweeping movement; "The camera panned across the room"

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n.
A part; a portion.

n.
The distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the flanked angle.

n.
A leaf of gold or silver.

v. t. & i.
To join or fit together; to unite.

n.
The betel leaf; also, the masticatory made of the betel leaf, etc. See /etel.

n.
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.

n.
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.

n.
A closed vessel for boiling or evaporating. See Vacuum pan, under Vacuum.

n.
The part of a flintlock which holds the priming.

n.
The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the upper part of the head; the brainpan; the cranium.

n.
A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge.

n.
The hard stratum of earth that lies below the soil. See Hard pan, under Hard.

n.
A natural basin, containing salt or fresh water, or mud.

v. t.
To separate, as gold, from dirt or sand, by washing in a kind of pan.

v. i.
To yield gold in, or as in, the process of panning; -- usually with out; as, the gravel panned out richly.

v. i.
To turn out (profitably or unprofitably); to result; to develop; as, the investigation, or the speculation, panned out poorly.

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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.

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.

Pan

Pan , n. [Hind. p'ben, Skr. parna leaf.] The betel leaf; also, the masticatory made of the betel leaf, etc. See etel.

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.

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. (Crp.) 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) 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.

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.]

A part; a portion.

To join or fit together; to unite.

The betel leaf; also, the masticatory made of the betel leaf, etc. See etel.

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.

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.

To separate, as gold, from dirt or sand, by washing in a kind of pan.

To yield gold in, or as in, the process of panning; -- usually with out; as, the gravel panned out richly.