pan /ˈpæn/
 平鍋,淺盤,盆地,硬土層,拍攝全景(vt.)(vi.)上下左右移動,搖鏡頭,淘洗,淘金


 pan
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 Pan prop. n.  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.


 Pan, n.
 1. A part; a portion.
 2. Fort. The distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the flanked angle.
 3.  A leaf of gold or silver.


 Pan, v. t. & i.  To join or fit together; to unite. [Obs.]


 Pan n.  The betel leaf; also, the masticatory made of the betel leaf, etc.  See Betel.


 Pan, n.
 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.”
 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.
 5. Carp. 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.


 Pan, 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.]
    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.


 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.]

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 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: {the
         goat god]
      3: shallow container made of metal
      4: chimpanzees; more closely related to Australopithecus than
         to other pongids [syn: 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]
      [also: panning, panned]


 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.