A part; a portion.
The distance comprised
between the angle of the epaule and the flanked angle.
A leaf of gold or
silver.
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To join or fit together] to unite.
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| Pan (pan) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Pan |
[Hind. p n,
Skr. parna leaf.] |
The betel leaf; also, the masticatory
made of the betel leaf, etc. See (?)etel.
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| Pan (pan) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| [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.
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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 closed vessel for boiling
or evaporating. See Vacuum pan, under Vacuum.
The part of a flintlock which holds the
priming.
The skull, considered as a vessel
containing the brain; the upper part of the head; the brainpan; the
cranium.
A recess, or bed, for the
leaf of a hinge.
The hard stratum of earth that lies below
the soil. See Hard pan, under Hard.
A natural basin, containing salt or fresh
water, or mud.
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To separate, as gold, from dirt
or sand, by washing in a kind of pan.
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To yield gold in, or as in, the process of
panning] -- usually with out; as, the gravel panned out
richly.
To turn out (profitably or unprofitably);
to result; to develop; as, the investigation, or the speculation,
panned out poorly.
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