panned

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panned - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Pan \Pan\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Panned; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Panning.]
     1. (Mining) To separate, as gold, from dirt or sand, by
        washing in a kind of pan. [U. S.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              We . . . witnessed the process of cleaning up and
              panning out, which is the last process of separating
              the pure gold from the fine dirt and black sand.
                                                    --Gen. W. T.
                                                    Sherman.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To criticise (a drama or literary work) harshly.
        [PJC]