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To savor of the pan

Pan \Pan\, n. [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.) A closed vessel for boiling or evaporating. See Vacuum pan, under Vacuum.

  3. The part of a flintlock which holds the priming.

  4. The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the upper part of the head; the brainpan; the cranium.
    --Chaucer.

  5. (Carp.) A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge.

  6. The hard stratum of earth that lies below the soil. See Hard pan, under Hard.

  7. A natural basin, containing salt or fresh water, or mud.

    Flash in the pan. See under Flash.

    To savor of the pan, to suggest the process of cooking or burning; in a theological sense, to be heretical.
    --Ridley. Southey.