<hw>Palm Nut</hw>, <i>n</i>. See under <i>Nut</i>.
<hw>Palm, Walking-Stick</hw>, <i>n</i>. a Queensland plant, <i>Bacularia monostachya</i>, F. v. M., <i>N.O. Palmeae</i>. So called because the stem is much used for making walking-sticks.
<hw>Panel</hw>, <i>n</i>. the part between two posts in a post-and-rail fence. See also <i>Slip-panel</i>.
1876. A. L. Gordon, `Sea-spray,' p. 148:
"In the jar of the panel rebounding,
In the crash of the splintering wood,
In the ears to the earth-shock resounding,
In the eyes flashing fire and blood."
1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Colonial Reformer,' c. xviii. p. 226:
"A panel of fencing is not quite nine feet in length."
<hw>Pan</hw>, or <hw>Pan-wash</hw>, <hw>Pan-out</hw>, <hw>Pan-off</hw>, <i>verbs</i>, to wash the dirt in the pan for gold. Some of the forms, certainly <i>pan-out</i>, are used in the United States.
1870. J. O. Tucker, `The Mute,' p. 40:
"Others to these the precious dirt convey,
Linger a moment till the panning's through."