'Panning' definitions:
Definition of 'Panning'
From: GCIDE
- Pan \Pan\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Panned; p. pr. & vb. n. Panning.]
- 1. (Mining) To separate, as gold, from dirt or sand, by washing in a kind of pan. [U. S.] [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To criticise (a drama or literary work) harshly. [PJC]
Definition of 'panning'
From: GCIDE
- panning \pan"ning\, n. The act or process in which heavier ores are concentrated by agitating a sample of crushed ore under water in a shallow pan, thus washing away the lighter particles from the sample; as, panning for gold. See pan[1], v. t. and pan[1], v. i. [PJC]
Words containing 'Panning'
- Pan,
- Pan-,
- Panful,
- Panfuls,
- Panned,
- pan off,
- pan out,
- Brine pan,
- Dripping pan,
- Fire pan,
- Flash in the pan,
- Frying pan,
- Hard pan,
- Pan paniscus,
- Pan troglodytes,
- Pan's pipes,
- Salt pan,
- To flash in the pan,
- To savor of the pan,
- Vacuum pan,
- Warming pan,
- cooking pan,
- dead pan,
- drip pan,
- genus pan,
- omelet pan,
- omelette pan,
- pan gravy,
- pan roast,
- pan shot,
- peter pan,
- pipes of Pan,
- stewing pan,
- Pan-American,
- Pan-Americanism,
- Pan-Anglican,
- Pan-telegraph,
- Shwan-pan,
- ash-pan,
- electric frying pan,
- pan american day,
- pan american union,
- pan troglodytes schweinfurthii,
- pan troglodytes troglodytes,
- pan troglodytes verus,
- pan-broil,
- pan-fry,
- pan-hellenic,
- patty-pan,
- peter pan collar,
- tin pan alley,
- Pan-American Congress,
- moo goo gai pan