Pandean Pan·de"an adjective [ From 4th Pan .] Of or relating to the god Pan.

Pandean pipes , a primitive wind instrument, consisting of a series of short hollow reeds or pipes, graduated in length by the musical scale, and fastened together side by side; a syrinx; a mouth organ; -- said to have been invented by Pan. Called also Pan's pipes and Panpipes .

Pandect Pan"dect noun [ Latin pandecta , pandectes , Greek ... all-receiving, all-containing; ..., ..., all + ... to receive: confer French pandectes , plural] 1. A treatise which comprehends the whole of any science.

[ Thou] a pandect mak'st, and universal book.

Donne.

2. plural The digest, or abridgment, in fifty books, of the decisions, writings, and opinions of the old Roman jurists, made in the sixth century by direction of the emperor Justinian, and forming the leading compilation of the Roman civil law. Kent.

Pandemic Pan·dem"ic adjective [ Latin pandemus , Greek ..., ...; ..., ..., all + ... the people: confer French pandémique .] Affecting a whole people or a number of countries; everywhere epidemic. -- noun A pandemic disease. Harvey.

Pandemonium Pan`de·mo"ni·um noun [ New Latin , from Greek ..., ..., all + ... a demon.] 1. The great hall or council chamber of demons or evil spirits. Milton.

2. An utterly lawless, riotous place or assemblage.

Pander Pan"der noun [ From Pandarus , a leader in the Trojan army, who is represented by Chaucer and Shakespeare as having procured for Troilus the possession of Cressida.]

1. A male bawd; a pimp; a procurer.

Thou art the pander to her dishonor.

Shak.

2. Hence, one who ministers to the evil designs and passions of another.

Those wicked panders to avarice and ambition.

Burke.

Pander Pan"der transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Pandered ; present participle & verbal noun Pandering .] To play the pander for.

Pander Pan"der intransitive verb To act the part of a pander.

Panderage Pan"der·age noun The act of pandering.

Panderism Pan"der·ism noun The employment, arts, or practices of a pander. Bp. Hall.

Panderly Pan"der·ly adjective Having the quality of a pander. "O, you panderly rascals." Shak.

Pandermite Pan·der"mite noun [ From Panderma , a port on the Black Sea from which it is exported.] (Min.) A hydrous borate of lime, near priceite.

Panderous Pan"der·ous adjective Of or relating to a pander; characterizing a pander.

Pandiculated Pan·dic"u·la`ted adjective [ See Pandiculation .] Extended; spread out; stretched.

Pandiculation Pan·dic`u·la"tion noun [ Latin pandiculari to stretch one's self, from pandere to spread out.] A stretching and stiffening of the trunk and extremities, as when fatigued and drowsy.

Pandit Pan"dit noun See Pundit .

Pandoor Pan"door noun Same as Pandour .

Pandora Pan·do"ra noun [ Latin , from Greek Pandw`ra ; pa^s , pa^n , all + dw^ron a gift.] 1. (Class. Myth.) A beautiful woman ( all-gifted ), whom Jupiter caused Vulcan to make out of clay in order to punish the human race, because Prometheus had stolen the fire from heaven. Jupiter gave Pandora a box containing all human ills, which, when the box was opened, escaped and spread over the earth. Hope alone remained in the box. Another version makes the box contain all the blessings of the gods, which were lost to men when Pandora opened it.

2. (Zoology) A genus of marine bivalves, in which one valve is flat, the other convex.

Pandore Pan"dore noun [ French See Bandore .] An ancient musical instrument, of the lute kind; a bandore. [ Written also pandoran .]

Pandour Pan"dour noun One of a class of Hungarian mountaineers serving in the Austrian army; -- so called from Pandur , a principal town in the region from which they originally came. [ Written also pandoor .]

Her whiskered pandours and her fierce hussars.

Campbell.

Pandowdy Pan·dow"dy noun A deep pie or pudding made of baked apples, or of sliced bread and apples baked together, with no bottom crust.

Pandurate, Panduriform Pan"du·rate, Pan·du"ri·form adjective [ Latin pandura a pandore + -form : confer French panduriforme .] Obovate, with a concavity in each side, like the body of a violin; fiddle-shaped; as, a panduriform leaf; panduriform color markings of an animal.

Pane Pane noun [ French panne .] The narrow edge of a hammer head. See Peen .

Pane Pane noun [ Middle English pan part, portion of a thing, French pan a skirt, lappet, part or piece of a wall, side, from Latin pannus a cloth, fillet, rag; akin to English vane . See Vane , and confer Panel , Pawn pledge.] 1. A division; a distinct piece, limited part, or compartment of any surface; a patch; hence, a square of a checkered or plaided pattern.

2. One of the openings in a slashed garment, showing the bright colored silk, or the like, within; hence, the piece of colored or other stuff so shown.

3. (Architecture) (a) A compartment of a surface, or a flat space; hence, one side or face of a building; as, an octagonal tower is said to have eight panes . (b) Especially, in modern use, the glass in one compartment of a window sash.

4. In irrigating, a subdivision of an irrigated surface between a feeder and an outlet drain.

5. (a) One of the flat surfaces, or facets, of any object having several sides. (b) One of the eight facets surrounding the table of a brilliant cut diamond.

Paned Paned adjective 1. Having panes; provided with panes; also, having openings; as, a paned window; paned window sash. " Paned hose." Massinger.

2. (Machinery) Having flat sides or surfaces; as, a six... paned nut.

Panegyric Pan`e·gyr"ic noun [ Latin panegyricus , Greek panhgyrico`s : confer French panégyrique . See Panegyric , adjective ] An oration or eulogy in praise of some person or achievement; a formal or elaborate encomium; a laudatory discourse; laudation. See Synonym of Eulogy .

Panegyric, Panegyrical Pan`e·gyr"ic, Pan`e·gyr"ic·al adjective [ Latin panegyricus , Greek panhgyrico`s , from ... an assembly of the people, a high festival; pa^ , pa^n all + ..., an assembly.] Containing praise or eulogy; encomiastic; laudatory. " Panegyric strains." Pope. -- Pan`e*gyr"ic*al*ly , adverb

Some of his odes are panegyrical .

Dryden.

Panegyris Pa·neg"y·ris noun [ New Latin , from Greek .... See Panegyric .] A festival; a public assembly. [ Obsolete] S. Harris.

Panegyrist Pan"e·gyr`ist noun [ Latin panegyrista , Greek ... one who attends a ...: confer ... to celebrate or attend a public festival, to make a set speech, esp. a panegyric, in a public assembly. See Panegyric .] One who delivers a panegyric; a eulogist; one who extols or praises, either by writing or speaking.

If these panegyrists are in earnest.

Burke.

Panegyrize Pan"e·gy·rize transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Panegyrized ; present participle & verbal noun Panegyrizing .] [ Greek .... See Panegyrist .] To praise highly; to extol in a public speech; to write or deliver a panegyric upon; to eulogize.

Panegyrize Pan"e·gy·rize intransitive verb To indulge in panegyrics. Mitford.

Panegyry Pan"e·gyr`y noun A panegyric. [ Obsolete] Milton.

Panel Pan"el noun [ Orig., a little piece; Old French panel , pannel , French panneau , dim. of pan skirt, lappet, part or piece of a wall, side. See 2d Pane .] 1. (Architecture) A sunken compartment with raised margins, molded or otherwise, as in ceilings, wainscotings, etc.

2. (Law) (a) A piece of parchment or a schedule, containing the names of persons summoned as jurors by the sheriff; hence, more generally, the whole jury. Blackstone. (b) (Scots Law) A prisoner arraigned for trial at the bar of a criminal court. Burrill.

3. Formerly, a piece of cloth serving as a saddle; hence, a soft pad beneath a saddletree to prevent chafing.

4. (Joinery) A board having its edges inserted in the groove of a surrounding frame; as, the panel of a door.

5. (Masonry) One of the faces of a hewn stone. Gwilt.

6. (Painting) A slab or plank of wood upon which, instead of canvas, a picture is painted.

7. (Mining) (a) A heap of dressed ore. (b) One of the districts divided by pillars of extra size, into which a mine is laid off in one system of extracting coal.

8. (Dressmaking) A plain strip or band, as of velvet or plush, placed at intervals lengthwise on the skirt of a dress, for ornament.

9. A portion of a framed structure between adjacent posts or struts, as in a bridge truss.

Panel game , a method of stealing money in a panel house. -- Panel house , a house of prostitution in which the rooms have secret entrances to facilitate theft by accomplices of the inmates. -- Panel saw , handsaw with fine teeth, -- used for cutting out panels, etc. -- Panel thief , one who robs in a panel house.

Panel Pan"el transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Paneled or Panelled ; present participle & verbal noun Paneling or Panelling .] To form in or with panels; as, to panel a wainscot.

Paneled back (Architecture) , the paneled work covering the window back. See Window back .

Panel Pan"el noun (Aëronautics) A segment of an aëroplane wing. In a biplane the outer panel extends from the wing tip to the next row of posts, and is trussed by oblique stay wires.

Panelation Pan`el·a"tion noun The act of impaneling a jury. [ Obsolete] [ Written also panellation .] Wood.

Paneless Pane"less adjective Without panes.

To patch his paneless window.

Shenstone.

Paneling Pan"el·ing noun A forming in panels; panelwork. [ Written also panelling .]

Panelwork Pan"el·work` noun (Architecture) Wainscoting.

Paneulogism Pan·eu"lo·gism noun [ See Pan- , Eulogy .] Eulogy of everything; indiscriminate praise. [ R.]

Her book has a trace of the cant of paneulogism .

National Rev.

Panful Pan"ful noun ; plural Panfuls . [ See 5th Pan .] Enough to fill a pan.

Pang Pang noun [ Prob. for older prange . Confer Prong .] A paroxysm of extreme pain or anguish; a sudden and transitory agony; a throe; as, the pangs of death.

Syn. -- Agony; anguish; distress. See Agony .

Pang Pang transitive verb To torture; to cause to have great pain or suffering; to torment. [ R.] Shak.

Pangenesis Pan·gen"e·sis noun [ Pan- + genesis .] (Biol.) An hypothesis advanced by Darwin in explanation of heredity.

» The theory rests on the assumption, that the whole organization, in the sense of every separate atom or unit, reproduces itself, the cells throwing off minute granules called gemmules , which circulate freely throughout the system and multiply by subdivision. These gemmules collect in the reproductive organs and products, or in buds, so that the egg or bud contains gemmules from all parts of the parent or parents, which in development give rise to cells in the offspring similar to those from which they were given off in the parent. The hypothesis also assumes that these gemmules need not in all cases develop into cells, but may lie dormant, and be transmitted from generation to generation without producing a noticeable effect until a case of atavism occurs.

Pangenetic Pan`ge·net"ic adjective (Biol.) Of or pertaining to pangenesis.

Pangful Pang"ful adjective Full of pangs. Richardson.

Pangless Pang"less adjective Without a pang; painless. Byron.

Pangolin Pan"go·lin noun [ Malay pang...lang .] (Zoology) Any one of several species of Manis , Pholidotus , and related genera, found in Africa and Asia. They are covered with imbricated scales, and feed upon ants. Called also scaly ant-eater .

Pangothic Pan·goth"ic adjective [ Pan- + Gothic .] Of, pertaining to, or including, all the Gothic races. "Ancestral Pangothic stock." Earle.

Panhandle Pan"han`dle noun The handle of a pan; hence, fig., any arm or projection suggestive of the handle of a pan; as, the panhandle of West Virginia, Texas, or Idaho.

Panhandle State Panhandle State West Virginia; -- a nickname.

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