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Pan
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) The hard stratum of earth that lies below the soil. See Hard pan, under Hard.
(2):
(v. i.) To yield gold in, or as in, the process of panning; - usually with out; as, the gravel panned out richly.
(3):
(n.) A part; a portion.
(4):
(n.) The distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the flanked angle.
(5):
(n.) A leaf of gold or silver.
(6):
(v. t. & i.) To join or fit together; to unite.
(7):
(n.) The betel leaf; also, the masticatory made of the betel leaf, etc. See /etel.
(8):
(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.
(9):
(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.
(10):
(n.) A closed vessel for boiling or evaporating. See Vacuum pan, under Vacuum.
(11):
(n.) The part of a flintlock which holds the priming.
(12):
(n.) The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the upper part of the head; the brainpan; the cranium.
(13):
(n.) A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge.
(14):
(v. i.) To turn out (profitably or unprofitably); to result; to develop; as, the investigation, or the speculation, panned out poorly.
(15):
(n.) A natural basin, containing salt or fresh water, or mud.
(16):
(v. t.) To separate, as gold, from dirt or sand, by washing in a kind of pan.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Pan'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/p/pan.html. 1828.
