Defn: To join or fit together; to unite. [Obs.] Halliwell.
PAN
Pan, n. Etym: [Hind. pan, Skr. parna leaf.]
Defn: The betel leaf; also, the masticatory made of the betel leaf, etc. See .
PAN
Pan, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Gr. Myth.)
Defn: 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, n. Etym: [OE. panne, AS. panne; cf. D. pan, G. pfanne, OHG. pfanna, Icel., Sw., LL., & Ir. panna, of uncertain origin; cf. L. patina, E. 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.)
Defn: A closed vessel for boiling or evaporating. See Vacuum pan, under Vacuum.
3. The part of a flintlock which holds the priming.