Definition of Pannings

1. panning [n] - See also: panning

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pannings

pannicles
pannicular hernia
panniculectomy
panniculitis
panniculus
panniculus carnosus muscle
pannier
panniered
pannierlike
panniers
pannikel
pannikels
pannikin
pannikins
panning
pannings
pannose
pannus
pannuses
pano-
panobacumab
panobinostat
panocha
panochas
panoche
panoches
panocracy
panodic
panoistic

Literary usage of Pannings

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1915)
"While the pannings are rich many native men are seen on the playas; but the women keep at it longer, for they are content with less renumeration for their ..."

2. Portuguese Nyassaland: An Account of the Discovery, Native Population by William Basil Worsfold, Edward Robert Pearce Edgcumbe (1899)
"... rich in gold deposits, and Mr. Furman gives the following results from pannings obtained on its banks :— " From weighing the gold obtained from average ..."

3. The Sampling and Assay of the Precious Metals: Comprising Gold, Silver by Ernest Alfred Smith (1913)
"In some cases the pannings are determined by comparison with weighed standards of gold dust, contained in small glass tubes, but since different samples of ..."

4. Dredging for Gold in California by D'Arcy Weatherbe (1907)
"The surplus contents of the pannings caught in the tub are passed through the rocker, the concentrate being re-rocked. The overflow runs into another ..."

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