Panaz 
I'.' r..-. 
pandan 
crnticr), < )><in<-i-<iti>nn, pancratium: seejw/" , 
UK///.] IVrtiiiiiing to the pancratium; athletic; 
excelling in gj 
hence, giving or 
or subjects; universally accomplish. -.1. 
cea.] A genus of plants of the order Aralim-i :i . 
type of the serifs I'linin-ra; characterized by the 
two-celled ovary, pedicels jointed under the 
flower, usually panicled or racemed umbels, 
and obliquely decurrent stigmas. There are about 
30 species, natives of tropical Asia and Africa, Australia, 
and the raclfli- islands. They are shrubs or trees, usually 
smooth and bearing ru.liately or pinnately compound 
leaves and small llowers in compound umbels. /'- Hatn- 
biic\W.w<, a tree or tall shrub of Australia, is called moun- 
tain- or elderbfrri/-n*ti. See Jinhbone-tree, lanceicood, and 
inj-tree. See jllso yiitseny, formerly classed as Panax. 
pancake (pan'kak), . 1. A thin cake of batter 
fried or baked iu a pan or griddle; a flapjack; 
a griddle-cake; also, a cake made of dough or pancratical(pan-krat'i-kal), a. 
batter and fried in fat. -al.] Same as pancratic. Sir T. 
As fit . . . as a pancake for Shrove Tuesday. Err., vii. 18. 
Shale., Ail's Weil, ii. 2. 25. pancratist (pan'kra-tist), n. [= It. pancratigta; 
Some folks think it will never be good times till houses as pancratium + -ist. Cf. pancratiast.] Same 
are tiled with pancake*. Franklin, un paiirrutiast. 
2. An imitation leather made of scraps agglu- pancratium (pan-kra'shi-um), n. [= F. pan- 
tiuated by cement or glue, and pressed into a crace = Sp. Pg. pancratia = It. pancrazio, < L. 
j-j. _i i TI ; j s :.. i _- r> u pancratium, < Gr. irayKpaTtov, a complete con- 
test (see def.), < n-ayic/xmfo, all-powerful, < war 
(vav-), all, 4- upAroc, strength.] 1. PI. pancratia 
i i IL- 
Pancratlc eyepiece, an eyepiece adapted to telescopes 
or microscopes, and so constructed as to lie caimlilr of 
giving a variable magnifying power. It Is an erecting 
eyepiece composed of two combinations of lenses contain- 
ing two lenses each, and the magnifying power Is made to 
vary by altering the distance betwrtn ttif combinations. 
, Vulg. 
flat sheet. It is used for iu-soles, etc. E. H. 
kunfht Pancake ice, in the arctic seas, the flat ice 
which forms in bays or comparatively smooth water. 
Our run on July 1st was through an open sea, in which 
no semblance of a pack was noted until about 5 P.M. It 
then consisted of small pieces of pancake ice, which would 
in no way interfere with the progress of any steaming ves- 
sel. A. W. Qreely, Arctic Service, p. 5S. 
Pancake Tuesday, Shrove Tuesday : so called because, 
according to an old custom, pancakes are eaten on that 
day. [Colloq.] 
pance (pans), M. [Early mod. E. also pounce; a 
vr. of pansy: seepansy.] Apansy. [Prov.Eng.] 
panceron (pan'se-ron), . [OF.: see pauncher.] 
Same as pauncher. 
panch (panch), n. 1. An obsolete or dialectal 
form of paunch. 2. Naut., a thick strong mat, 
made by interlacing spun-yarn or strands of 
rope, and used in various places on a ship to 
prevent chafing. Also paunch, paunch-mat. 
Rubbing-panch, a wooden shield on the fore side of a 
mast to protect it from injury when the masts or spars are 
raised or lowered. 
panchart (pan'kart), n. [Also pancarte; < F. 
pancarte, ( ML. pancharta, < Gr. TTOC (TTOV-), all, 
+ x a P T7 lf> paper, > L. charta, a chart, charter: 
see chart.] A. royal charter confirming to a 
subject the enjoyment of all his possessions. 
John Bouchet, in the third part of his Annales of Aqni- 
taine, maruelleth at an old panchart or record which he 
had seen, by the teuour whereof it appeared that this Otho 
Intituled himselfe Duke of Aquitaine. 
HoUmhed, Rich. I., an. 1196. 
(-&). In Gr. antiq., a gymnastic contest or game 
combining wrestling and boxing. The combatants 
pancheont, panchint (pan'chon, -chin), n. [An 
assibilated form of 'pankin, pannikin; perhaps 
in part a simulation of puncheon.] A coarse 
earthenware pan, used to contain milk and 
other liquids. 
The pinners which had been lost some time were brought 
and put in a panchin which Gudwife Medcalf had but 
newly poured the milk out of. GlanviUe, Witches, p. 421. 
I. the inflorescence of Pancratium mart 
timttm ; 3, the bulb with some young leaves ; 
a, the flower, longitudinal section. 
See 
markable for a cen- 
tral cup formed of 
united petal-like 
bases of the sta- 
mens, and usually 
ornamented with a toothed or twelve-lobed border. 
sea-daffodil. 
panchway, pansway (panch' wa.pan'swa), n. pancreas (pan'kre-as), n. [= F. pancreas = 
[Also paunchway, paunsway; < Beng. pansoi, Sp. Pg. It. pancreas, < NL. pancreas, < Gr. TTOJ- 
pansi, Hind, pansoi, a boat (see def.).] A pas- Kpeac, the sweetbread, < irof (TOV-), all, + Kpta$, 
senger-boat used on the Ganges and Hoogly, flesh.] 1. A lobulated racemose gland, situate 
Pancreas Aselli, a colli-i-tl >l lymphatic glands In the 
IIH-Si-Mtrn <>f hnmc ! N :U 1 1 1 1 1 :l I - foMIH'lt.V rnlllJATed Ul Or 
mistaken for a pancreas. 
gjnBBMtk exercises generally: pancr eas-ptyalin(pan'kre-aH-ti'a-lin),M. Amy- 
or having mastery over all tilings i,,,,^,, ,..,, liv iolyti.- ferment of thi- p:m.-rea,or 
Lniverwilly accomplished, psim-i-.-jitir diastase. 
Dante is content with nothing less than a pancratic train- nancreatic (|i!in-ki-(--nt'ik), . [= Y.pancrea- 
g and has a scorn of dilettanti specialists, and tinatrks. rj T* / , / 
NL.yx/ i-;-</ir..< i>inirri'(iti, pancreas: see /mn- 
crcas.] Of or pertaining in any way to the pan- 
creas: as, a pancreatic verve; /<' nnlx -tissur. 
See cuts un.lci /< n< n-as and ntvmiirh. Accessory 
pancreatic duct, an occasional supplementary duct de- 
rlve.i from the lesser pancreas, or some part of the head 
of the gland. Pancreatic arteries, branches of the 
splenic artery, variable in sl/e and number, supplying the 
pain-mis. Pancreatic juice, the special secretion of 
the pancreas. It is a clear viscid secretion, having an 
alkaline reaction. It contains proteid bodies in consid- 
erable quantity, and among them three distinct ferment*, 
which have important uses In digestion. By them starch 
Is rapidly converted into dextrose, fats are emulsified and 
alto decomposed, and protelds are converted into pep- 
tones. The proteolytlc action of pancreatic juice takes 
place in alkaline solution only. Pancreatic plexus, a 
division of the coeliac plexus, accompanying the pancre- 
atic arteries. Pancreatic secretion. Same as pancre- 
atic juice. Pancreatic veins, small tributaries of the 
splenic vein. 
pancreatica (pan-kre-at'i-ka), n.; pi. pancrea- 
fought naked, either with bare fists or with the softc-atus, ,- / c>) [NL., feni. of paiitTcattcwi : seepan- 
and the contests were, at Olympla as almost everywhere, '. L 
regulated by strict rules to guard against unfairness. The creax.] A pancreatic artery, 
exercise was, however, very severe, as the fight was con- pancreatin (pan kre-a-tin), n. [< pancreat(tc) 
tinued until one of the adversaries was either killed, which + -,-'.] A name formerly used for the active 
principle of the pancreatic juice. 
genus of ornamental plants, pancreatitic (pan*kre-a-tit 7 ik), a [< pancre- 
donous order Amaryllidex, oh '(") + :*] Pertaining to or affected with 
pancreatitis. 
pancreatitis (pan'kre-a-ti'tis), n. [NL., < pan- 
creas (-creat-) + -itt's.'] Inflammation of the 
pancreas. 
pancreatize (pan'kre-a-tiz), r. t.; pret. and pp. 
pancreatizi'd, piir. paucreatizing . [< pancrea- 
t(in) + -ize.] To treat with pancreatin, so as to 
digest more or less completely, 
pancreatoid (pan'kre-a-toid), . [< Gr. 7rdjvac 
(Kpear-d, pancreas, -f- tI(Sof, form.] Resembling 
the pancreas in structure, function, or appear- 
ance. 
pancreatomy (pan-kre-at'6-mi), n. [< Gr. TO)- 
npfac, pancreas, + -ro/iia. { TC/IVCIV, ra/miv, cut.] 
Incision into the pancreas, 
pancreectomy (jian-kre-ek'to-mi), . [< Gr. 
Tra\Kf>eac, pancreas, + ixrtfiveiv, cura/ielv, cut out, 
< CK, out, -I- rtfivciv, ra/uiv, cut.] Excision of 
the pancreas or a part of it. 
pane-wheel (pangk'hwel), n. A wheel (for a 
vehicle) having the form of a disk, as in an- 
cient chariots. [Rare.] 
pancyt, An obsolete spelling of pansy. 
pand (pand), n. [< F.prnte, a valance (influenced 
in form perhaps by OF. pand, /tan, the skirt of a 
gown: see pane 1 ), <. pendre, hang: see pendant.] 
A narrow curtain attached to the top or to the 
happened not seldom, or acknowledged hii defeat 
written paiujkratiun, pankration. 
2. [cop.] [NL.] A ( 
of the monocotyle* 
the tribe Ama- 
ryllese, and the 
subtribe Cya- 
thiferte, having 
a funnel-shap- 
ed perianth 
with narrow 
lobes, and ova- 
ry-cells con- 
taining many 
ovules. There 
are about 12 spe- 
cies, natives of the 
Mediterranean re- 
gion, the Canaries, 
and the East In- 
dies. They produce 
long narrow leaves 
from a coated bulb, 
and large hand- 
some white flow- 
lower part of a bed ; a valance. [Scotch.] 
Where 's the . . . beds of state, pands, twills, and testers, 
napery and broidered wark ? 
Scott, Bride of Idmmermoor, xxvL 
, 
haying an awning of matting over the stern, in the abdomen near the stomach, extending p an( ja (pan'da), n. [E. Ind.] A carnivorous 
It is propelled with four oars and steered with 
a fifth. 
panclastite (pan-klas'tit), n. [< Gr. vac (TTOV-). 
all, + /AooT(5f, broken (< lAav, break), + -ite 2 .] 
An explosive composed of liquid nitrogen 
tetroxid mixed with carbon disulphid or other 
liquid combustible, in the proportion of three 
volumes of the former to two of the combus- 
tible. The materials can be separately carried, and are 
mixed as needed for use. The strength of this explosive 
Is slightly less than that of dynamite, except when nitro- 
toluene is substituted for carbon disulphid, when it has 
the same strength. 
pan-cover (pan'kuv^er), n. In old forms of fire- 
arms, the piece that covers the priming-pan. 
In early firearms It was a mere protection from damp, re- 
quiring to be removed before the match was applied. In 
the flintlock It is the piece of steel which covers the prim- 
ing-pan and on being struck by the flint falls back, leaving 
the pan exposed, while the sparks struck from it fall upon 
the powder. 
pancratia, . Plural of pancratium, 1. 
pancratian (pau-kra'shi-an), a. [= F. pancra- 
ticn ; as pancratium + -ait.] Pertaining to the 
pancratium ; pancratic. 
pancratiast (pan-kra'shi-ast), w. [= F. pan- 
cr<ttiaste,<. L. pancratiastes, < Gr. iraynpaTiaorfa, 
< KayKpaTia&tv, practise the pancratium,< iray- 
Kp&riov, pancratium : see pancratium.'] A com- 
batant or competitor in the pancratium. 
VCY 
quadruped, d-flurus fulgem, of the arctoid series 
of fissiped Ferse, representing a family Jiluridte; 
the wan, chitwah, or red bear-cat. The animal 
inhabits the Himalayan regions in northern India and 
pancratiastict (pan-kra-shi-as'tik), a. [<n- 
G. West, tr. of Pin- 
cratiast + -ic.] Pancratic. 
dar's Nemean Odes, xi. 2. 
Human Pancreas, with associate parts. 
PD, pancreatic duct, traversing the pancreas and uniting with BD, 
common bile-duct, to open at x into Dm, the duodenum ; Ao, aorta, 
S'ving off the cccliac axis, whence SfA, the splenic artery, to Sfl. 
e spleen ; below this artery is the splenic vein, contributing to form 
t'f. the vena porta? ; YC1, vena cava inferior ; y, some intestinal ves- 
sels; D, a pillar of the diaphragm. 
transversely from the region of the liver to that 
of the spleen, often inclosed in a loop of the 
duodenum, and pouring its secretion, pancre- 
atic juice, into the duodenum by one or several 
ducts. The pancreas of the calf is known as tmetbrtad, 
more especially called by butchers ibmach-nctetbrcad, to 
distinguish it from throat-fireetbread, which Is the thymns 
gland of the same animal. See nccftbread, 
2. See the quotation. 
Upon the bile-ducts In Dlbranchiata are developed yel- 
lowish glandular dlverticula. which are known as "pan- 
creat," though neither physiologically nor morphologically pandall (pan-dal'), n. In her., a spindle-cross, 
is there any ground for considering either the so-called Also nemliill. 
liveror the so-called pancreas as strictly equivalent to the _-._j _ /r.-.-Mon^ > TF TnH (nan betel- 
pancratic (pan-krat'ik), n. [= F. pancrattqiie gland8 M dl , 10 ,ninated in the Vertebrata. pandan (pandan), n. (*.. Ind., < .pan, D 
'cits (in adv. pan- E. It. Lankeiter, Encyc. Brit., XVI. 67ft. leaf : see p<m.] Asa 
= Sp. pa>urdtici>,< L. 'pancraticus (in adv. pan- 
Tibet, is of the size of a large cat, of a bright-fulvous color 
above black on the lower parts and limbs, and marked on 
the ears and snout with white ; the tall is long and bushy. 
Pandaean, . See I'mitti'im. 
pandaemoniac, pandsmonium. See pande- 
iaiidt moniitm. 
. 
small decorative box, usu- 
