Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pan"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Pan
a vessel of metal or earthenware used in culinary operations; a
cooking-pan or frying-pan frequently referred to in the Old
Testament (Lev. 2:5; 6:21; Num. 11:8; 1 Sam. 2:14, etc.).
The "ash-pans" mentioned in Ex. 27:3 were made of copper, and
were used in connection with the altar of burnt-offering. The
"iron pan" mentioned in Ezek. 4:3 (marg., "flat plate " or
"slice") was probably a mere plate of iron used for baking. The
"fire-pans" of Ex. 27:3 were fire-shovels used for taking up
coals. The same Hebrew word is rendered "snuff-dishes" (25:38;
37:23) and "censers" (Lev. 10:1; 16:12; Num. 4:14, etc.). These
were probably simply metal vessels employed for carrying burning
embers from the brazen altar to the altar of incense.
The "frying-pan" mentioned in Lev. 2:7; 7:9 was a pot for
boiling.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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. (C?rp.) 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pan- \Pan-\, Panta- \Pan"ta-\, Panto- \Pan"to-\ [Gr. ?, m.,
?,neut., gen. ?, all.]
Combining forms signifying all, every; as, panorama,
pantheism, pantagraph, pantograph. Pan- becomes pam- before b
or p, as pamprodactylous.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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. --Gen.
W. T. Sherman.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pan \Pan\, n. [Hind. p[=a]n, Skr. parna leaf.]
The betel leaf; also, the masticatory made of the betel leaf,
etc. See {?etel}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pan
n 1: cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel [syn: {cooking
pan}]
2: (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 [syn: {Pan},
{the goat god}]
3: shallow container made of metal
4: chimpanzees; more closely related to Australopithecus than
to other pongids [syn: {Pan}, {genus Pan}]
v 1: make a sweeping movement; "The camera panned across the
room"
2: wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals
[syn: {pan out}, {pan off}]
3: express a totally negative opinion of; "The critics panned
the performance" [syn: {tear apart}, {trash}]
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