Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A coarse earthenware pan, used to contain milk and other liquids.

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  • noun A shallow dish used to stand milk while the cream separates, or in which to bake bread.

Etymologies

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Origin uncertain; perhaps a variant of pankin.

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Examples

  • They lugged out a pancheon, and filled it with more dexterity than usual, and then went off to bed, leaving the knife in one corner, the wood in another, and a few splashes of water in their track.

    The Brownies and Other Tales 1871

  • They set a pancheon of clear water for him over night, and now and then a bowl of bread and milk, or cream.

    The Brownies and Other Tales 1871

  • They set a pancheon of clear water for him over night, and now and then a bowl of bread-and-milk, or cream.

    The Brownies and Other Tales Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing 1863

  • They lugged out a pancheon, and filled it with more dexterity than usual, and then went off to bed, leaving the knife in one corner, the wood in another, and a few splashes of water in their track.

    The Brownies and Other Tales Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing 1863

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