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(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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Pan'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/pan.html. 1828.
 
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