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A part; a portion. |
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The distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the
flanked angle. |
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A leaf of gold or silver. |
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To join or fit together; to unite. |
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The betel leaf; also, the masticatory made of the betel leaf,
etc. See /etel. |
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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. |
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A closed vessel for boiling or evaporating. See Vacuum pan,
under Vacuum. |
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The part of a flintlock which holds the priming. |
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The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the
upper part of the head; the brainpan; the cranium. |
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A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge. |
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The hard stratum of earth that lies below the soil. See Hard
pan, under Hard. |
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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. |
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To turn out (profitably or unprofitably); to result; to
develop; as, the investigation, or the speculation, panned out poorly. |