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1av.
separate gold from gravel or pulverized rock by washing the gravel in a pan (def. 3).
Quotations
1859
It was the Kablunak's custom, when the ice cleared away, to pan out a few bags of gold-dust there.
1868
The bakin' board hangs on the wa',
Its purposes are twa-fold--
For mixing bread wi' yeast or dough
Or panning oot the braw gold!
Its purposes are twa-fold--
For mixing bread wi' yeast or dough
Or panning oot the braw gold!
1bv.
yield (in gold).
Quotations
1877
John Glen calculated . . . that he might strike a new bar or gulch that would pan out as richly as Williams' Creek, Cariboo. . . .
1921
The Colonel had told them that a cubic foot of gravel would pan out twenty dollars in gold, and there were so many thousand cubic feet in the top layer of each claim
2v. — Informal
turn out; work out in practice.
Quotations
1884
If the domineering Attorney-General "pans out" well during the coming session he will probably be the man.
1890
What's the brilliant scheme that has panned out so well?
1919
". . . first guesses about a fellar most gener'ly pans out pretty fair."
1929
How has all this talk panned out?