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.
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.
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.]
Pan"a*base (?), n. [Pan- + base. So called in allusion to the number of
metals contained in it.] (Min.) Same as Tetrahedrite.
Pan`a*ce"a (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;, fr. &?; all-healing; &?;, &?;, all
+ &?; to heal.]
1. A remedy for all diseases; a universal medicine; a cure-all;
catholicon; hence, a relief or solace for affliction.