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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hind. pān, Skr. parna leaf. ] The betel leaf; also, the masticatory made of the betel leaf, etc. See Betel. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;. ] (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 (also called the pipes of Pan), which he is said to have invented. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Manuf.) A closed vessel for boiling or evaporating. See Vacuum pan, under Vacuum. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The part of a flintlock which holds the priming. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the upper part of the head; the brainpan; the cranium. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Carp.) A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. The hard stratum of earth that lies below the soil. See Hard pan, under Hard. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. A natural basin, containing salt or fresh water, or mud. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Panned p. pr. & vb. n. Panning. ] 1. (Mining) To separate, as gold, from dirt or sand, by washing in a kind of pan. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To criticise (a drama or literary work) harshly. [ PJC ]

v. i. 1. (Mining) To yield gold in, or as in, the process of panning; -- usually with out; as, the gravel panned out richly. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To turn out (profitably or unprofitably); to result; to develop; as, the investigation, or the speculation, panned out poorly. [ Slang, U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. (Cinematography) To scan (a movie camera), usu. in a horizontal direction, to obtain a panoramic effect; also, to move the camera so as to keep the subject in view. [ PJC ]

n. [ Pan- + base. So called in allusion to the number of metals contained in it. ] (Min.) Same as Tetrahedrite. [ 1913 Webster ]