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Definition of Pan off
1. Verb. Wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pan Off
Literary usage of Pan off
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Garden: An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Gardening in All Its Branches by Esther Baldwin York (1906)
"... skimming off the scum as it rises ; draw the pan off the fire and set in a
cool place until cold. Hive corks ready that will fie tightly. ..."
2. The Cook's Own Book: Being a Complete Culinary Encyclopedia... With Numerous by N. K. M. Lee (1832)
"... Take tbe pan off the stove, and »tir in by degrees about three-quarters of a
pint of rich sweet cream, and just let it boil lis-Ion- serving. stock with ..."
3. The Flotation Process, Comp. and Ed. by T. A. Rickard by Mining and Scientific Press, Thomas Arthur Rickard (1916)
"A separation of blende, galena, pyrite, and quartz may be made as follows: Add
dilute sulphuric acid and pan off the blende; then add dilute nitric acid and ..."
4. Testing for the Flotation Process by Arthur William Fahrenwald (1917)
"A separation of blende, galena, pyrite, and quartz may be made as follows: Add
dilute sulphuric acid and pan off the blende; then add dilute nitric acid and ..."
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