Pamphleteer Pam`phlet·eer" noun A writer of pamphlets; a scribbler. Dryden. Macaulay.
Pamphleteer Pam`phlet·eer" intransitive verb To write or publish pamphlets. By pamphleteering we shall not win.
C. Kingsley.
Pampiniform Pam·pin"i·form adjective [ Latin
pampinus a tendril +
-form .]
(Anat.) In the form of tendrils; -- applied especially to the spermatic and ovarian veins.
Pampre Pam"pre noun [ French
pampre a vine branch, Latin
pampinus .]
(Sculp.) An ornament, composed of vine leaves and bunches of grapes, used for decorating spiral columns.
Pamprodactylous Pam`pro·dac"tyl·ous adjective [
Pan- + Greek ... forward + ... finger.]
(Zoology) Having all the toes turned forward, as the colies.
Pan Pan noun [ Middle English 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.
Pan Pan transitive verb & i. [ Confer French
pan skirt, lappet, Latin
pannus a cloth, rag, W.
panu to fur, to full.]
To join or fit together; to unite. [ Obsolete]
Halliwell.
Pan Pan noun [ Hind.
pān , Sanskrit
parna leaf.]
The betel leaf; also, the masticatory made of the betel leaf, etc. See ...etel .
Pan Pan noun [ Latin , from Greek ....]
(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.
Pan Pan noun [ Middle English
panne , Anglo-Saxon
panne ; confer Dutch
pan , German
pfanne , Old High German
pfanna , Icelandic , Swedish , Late Latin , & Ir.
panna , of uncertain origin; confer Latin
patina , English
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.
Pan Pan transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Panned ;
present participle & verbal noun 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 Pan intransitive verb 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-, Panta- Pan-, Pan"ta- Pan"to- [ Greek ..., m., ...,neut., gen. ..., all.] Combining forms signifying all , every ; as, pano rama, pan theism, panta graph, panto graph. Pan- becomes pam- before b or p , as pam prodactylous.
Pan-American Pan`-A·mer"i·can adjective [ See
Pan- .]
Of or pertaining to both North and South America.
Pan-American Congress Pan-American Congress Any of several meetings of delegates from various American states; esp.: (a) One held in 1889-90 in the United States, at which all the independent states except Santo Domingo were represented and of which the practical result was the establishment of the Bureau of American Republics for the promotion of trade relations. (b) One held in Mexico in 1901-1902. (c) One held at Rio de Janeiro in 1906.
Pan-Americanism Pan-A·mer"i·can·ism noun The principle or advocacy of a political alliance or union of all the states of America.
Pan-Anglican Pan`-An"gli·can adjective [
Pan- +
Anglican .]
(Eccl.) Belonging to, or representing, the whole Church of England; used less strictly, to include the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States; as, the Pan- Anglican Conference at Lambeth, in 1888.
Panabase Pan"a·base noun [
Pan- +
base . So called in allusion to the number of metals contained in it.]
(Min.) Same as Tetrahedrite .
Panacea Pan`a·ce"a noun [ Latin , from Greek ..., from ... 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. 2. (Botany) The herb allheal.
Panacean Pan`a·ce"an adjective Having the properties of a panacea. [ R.] "
Panacean dews."
Whitehead.
Panache Pa·nache" noun [ French, from Latin
penna a feather. See
Pen a feather.]
A plume or bunch of feathers, esp. such a bunch worn on the helmet; any military plume, or ornamental group of feathers. A panache of variegated plumes.
Prescott.
Panada, Panade Pa·na"da, Pa·nade" noun [ Spanish
panada , from Latin
panis bread: confer French
panade . See
Pantry .]
Bread boiled in water to the consistence of pulp, and sweetened or flavored. [ Written also
panado .]
Panade Pa·nade" noun A dagger. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Panama hat Pan`a·ma" hat` A fine plaited hat, made in Central America of the young leaves of a plant ( Carludovica palmata ).
Panamanian Pan`a·ma"ni·an adjective Of or pert. to Panama. --
noun A native or citizen of Panama.
Panary Pan"a·ry adjective [ Latin
panis bread.]
Of or pertaining to bread or to breadmaking.
Panary Pan"a·ry noun A storehouse for bread. Halliwell.
Panathenæa Pan·ath`e·næ"a noun plural [ New Latin , from Greek ...; ..., ..., all + ... Athena.]
The most ancient and important festival of Athens, celebrated in honor of Athena, the tutelary goddess of the city.
Pancake Pan"cake` noun A thin cake of batter fried in a pan or on a griddle; a griddlecake; a flapjack. "A
pancake for Shrove Tuesday."
Shak.
Pancarte Pan"carte` noun [ French, from Late Latin
pancharta . See
Pan- , and
Carte .]
A royal charter confirming to a subject all his possessions. [ Obsolete]
Holinshed.
Pance Pance noun (Botany) The pansy. [ Also
paunce .]
Panch Panch noun (Nautical) See Paunch .
Panchway Panch"way noun [ Hind.
pan...oi .]
(Nautical) A Bengalese four-oared boat for passengers. [ Written also
panshway and
paunchwas .]
Malcom.
Pancratian Pan·cra"tian adjective Pancratic; athletic.
Pancratiast Pan·cra"ti·ast noun One who engaged in the contests of the pancratium.
Pancratiastic Pan·cra`ti·as"tic adjective Of or pertaining to the pancratium. G. West.
Pancratic Pan·crat"ic adjective [ Greek ... all- powerful.]
(Opt.) Having all or many degrees of power; having a great range of power; -- said of an eyepiece made adjustable so as to give a varying magnifying power.
Pancratic, Pancratical Pan·crat"ic, Pan·crat"ic·al adjective [ See
Pancratium .]
Of or pertaining to the pancratium; athletic. Sir T. Browne
Pancratist Pan"cra·tist noun An athlete; a gymnast.
Pancratium Pan·cra"ti·um noun [ Latin , from Greek ... a complete contest, from ... all-powerful; ..., ..., all + ... strength.]
1. (Gr. Antiq.) An athletic contest involving both boxing and wrestling. 2. (Botany) A genus of Old World amaryllideous bulbous plants, having a funnel-shaped perianth with six narrow spreading lobes. The American species are now placed in the related genus Hymenocallis .
Pancreas Pan"cre·as noun [ New Latin , from Greek ...; ..., ..., all + ... flesh, meat: confer French
pancréas .]
(Anat.) The sweetbread, a gland connected with the intestine of nearly all vertebrates. It is usually elongated and light-colored, and its secretion, called the pancreatic juice, is discharged, often together with the bile, into the upper part of the intestines, and is a powerful aid in digestion. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus .
Pancreatic Pan`cre·at"ic adjective [ Confer French
pancréatique .]
(Anat.) Of or pertaining to the pancreas; as, the pancreatic secretion, digestion, ferments. Pancreatic juice (Physiol.) ,
a colorless alkaline fluid secreted intermittently by the pancreatic gland. It is one of the most important of the digestive fluids, containing at least three distinct ferments, trypsin, steapsin and an amylolytic ferment, by which it acts upon all three classes of food stuffs. See Pancreas .
Pancreatin Pan"cre·a·tin noun [ See
Pancreas .]
(Physiol. Chem.) One of the digestive ferments of the pancreatic juice; also, a preparation containing such a ferment, made from the pancreas of animals, and used in medicine as an aid to digestion. » By some the term
pancreatin is restricted to the amylolytic ferment of the pancreatic juice, by others it is applied to trypsin, and by still others to
steapsin .
Pancy Pan"cy noun See Pansy . [ Obsolete]
Dryden.
Panda Pan"da noun (Zoology) A small Asiatic mammal ( Ailurus fulgens ) having fine soft fur. It is related to the bears, and inhabits the mountains of Northern India.
Pandanus Pan·da"nus noun [ New Latin , from Malay
pandan .]
(Botany) A genus of endogenous plants. See Screw pine .
Pandar Pan"dar noun Same as Pander . "Seized by the
pandar of Appius."
Macaulay.
Pandarism Pan"dar·ism noun Same as Panderism . Swift.
Pandarize Pan"dar·ize intransitive verb To pander. [ Obsolete]
Pandarous Pan"dar·ous adjective Panderous. [ Obsolete]
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