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[Hind., .] The betel leaf. păn (1), v. t. [PAN (1), s.] Mining: To clear from dirt or refuse by washing in a pan. To pan out : To give a result or return. păn (2), v. t . & i . [Prob. from Fr.pan ; Latin pannus a piece of cloth, a patch.] A. Trans.: To join or fit together; to unite, to close together. B. In trans.: To unite, to join, to agree. "Weal and women cannot pan, But wo and women can." Old Proverb. păn-, păn-to-, pref . [Gr. neut. sing. of pas ( gen it.pantos )=all.] A prefix denoting all, everything, everyway, altogether. pan-American, a . Polit. & Ethnol .: Of or relating to the governments or races of the entire American continent. păn-a-bāse, păn-a-bā-site, subst . [Pref. pan- , and Eng. base .] Min.: The same as TETRAHEDRITE (q. v.). păn-a-çe-a, *pan-a-che-a, *pan-a-cee, subst . [Lat, panacea , from Greek panakeia = fem. sing. of panakeios =all-healing: pan =everything, and akeomai to heal; Fr. panacée .] 1. Ord. Lang .: A remedy for all complaints or cases; a universal remedy; a catholicon. "What sovereign med'cine can its course reclaim, What, but the Poet's panacca - Shame?" Whitehead: Epistle to Dr. Thomson. 2. Bot . An herb, called also All-heal. (Spenser: F. Q., III. v. 32.) păn-a-çe-an, a . [Eng. panace ( a ); -an .] Hav ing the nature or properties of a panacea. "To shed her panacean dews, And heal the madne of mankind." Whitehead: Ode 42. IMG:content-0593.png:[blocks in formation] the brain - pan. IMG:content-0594.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0595.png:[blocks in formation] 1. A food or dish made by boiling bread in water to the consistence of pulp, and then sweetening it. 2. A batter for mixing with forcemeats, and anciently employed for basting. *păn-āde, s. [A. N.] A kind of two-edged knife. păn-a-gæ-i-næ, s . pl . [Mod. Lat. panagæ (us); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -inæ .] Entom.: A sub-family of Car abide (q. v.). The fore feet in the males have two or three dilated joints. Generally, they have four red spots on the elytra, so arranged as to make, with the dark background, a cro .