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pan out † Placer Mining

• 1a v. separate gold from gravel or pulverized rock by washing the gravel in a pan (def. 3).

  See also: pan ((n.)) (def. 3)  pan ((v.)) (def. 1a)  

• 1b v. yield (in gold).

• 2 v. Informal turn out; work out in practice.