When the roof leaked, which was every time it rained, it was necessary to put pans on the bed to catch the drip.
Swearing at his horses, wheels squealing for axle-grease, tin pans rattling and flashing in the hot morning sun, a settler with a family stopped one day to ask questions of the two young men.
And, mud-caked wheels screeching, tin pans banging and glaring, he jolted back to the trail that led away in distance to No Place In Particular.
Thud, thud, we could hear the impact of their great heads, and their bellowing shook the pans on the kitchen shelves.
Antonia was washing pans and dishes in a dark corner.
First come the men withpans to gather in the riches that lie on the surface.
There is the same arrangement of salt garden or series of ponds and ditches, and the dirty salts mixed with sand are again lixiviated, and the filtered liquid is boiled down in curiously formed pans or boilers.
Ever and anon as she leaned over the pans and stirred the fire she raised her head and remained a moment motionless, waiting for a sound, yearning to hear, and each time she had to look down again with a sigh.
She cleared away the pans with a few motions and tossed them clattering into a corner.
Thring had gone to see if there was any water in the clay-pans that I had camped at on my journey up, and if there is, will take the party over there, and will send one of the men to meet me and inform me of it.
Started on our former course and arrived at the clay-pans without seeing a drop of water; neither is there any in them.
Changed my bearing to Mount Santo, passing a number of clay-pans of the same description; from thence proceeded to the camp; arrived there at sundown, and found all right.
From the room adjoining is heard a clattering din, as if all the kettles and pans in the house were being thrown violently across the floor.
A number of pans were broken and many sculps lost, but we secured all we wanted; about one thousand came on board and the 'tween-decks were nearly full.
I shot off a number of entire pans by quietly getting close and then picking them off.
It was not unusual for a ship to have her pans of seals pilfered by another ship during a fog, and this often led to legal complications.
The ship picked up a lot of pans and added five thousand more to our collection.
We found several of our pans broken by the weight of seals on them; in every case we saw sharks in the open water beside the broken pan.
However, twenty-five hundred more were secured from broken pans in our immediate neighborhood.
It was blowing and the ice was rather tight; there was also some snow, so the sealers were employed bringing sculps on board, as pans were being broken.
Long before the leading boat got near, it had disappeared, but we were not discouraged, so kept on, and this hard work continued until we were far from the ship and getting amongst pans of loose ice.
This ice was not solid but made up of thousands of pansall detached.
Next they brought pans made of clay, filled with glowing embers, on which they strewed a species of resin, smelling very much like our incense, with which they perfumed us.
They also brought pans filled with red-hot embers, on which they strewed incense, and perfumed us all.
First of all they touched the ground at his feet with the hand, they then perfumed him and all the Spaniards who were present, with pans made of clay.
In front of him stood several perfuming pans with copal, the incense of the country; also the hearts of three Indians, who had that day been slaughtered, were now consuming before him as a burnt-offering.
They carried the pans with glowing embers, and perfumed us.
Above 300 kinds of dishes were served up for Motecusuma's dinner from his kitchen, underneath which were placed pans of porcelain filled with fire, to keep them warm.
They had pans made of clay filled with glowing embers, and with these they perfumed us.
The black bulk of the cook balanced behind the tiny galley over the glare of the stove, and the pots and pans in the pierced wooden board before it jarred and racketed to each plunge.
But fine old English warming-pans are interesting, and summon up memories of careful housewives and well-aired lavender-smelling sheets in ancient old-world inns.
Many modern-made warming-pans from Holland and elsewhere have found their way into the possession of unsuspecting collectors.
The milk is strained into large, open pans, and as soon as the animal heat is out of it, the pans are covered over with thin cotton cloth.
Then I told him of his sheep he thought of getting, that we had it in our frying pans and it would soon be done.
After filling our pans we divided the rest out among the other men nearest to us.
These birds are often domesticated, and are then fed on cazabi, or casada, which is the Indian bread, and which is given them in pans of salt water.
Into the generating chamber fit a number of pans J, which are charged with carbide.
Father and Brother Hiram did the tapping, using an axe to cut the gash in the tree, and to drive in the gouge below it to make a place for the spile, while one of my younger brothers and I carried the pans and placed them in position.
The dairy milk-pans were used to catch the sap, and huge iron kettles to boil it down in.
When the day came to tap the bush, the caldrons, the hogsheads, and the two hundred or more pans with the bundles of spiles were put upon the sled and drawn by the oxen up to the boiling-place in the sap bush.
Vaughan put small pieces of the dried custard in pans of milk, and afterward made custard from this milk.
Powdered stone lime sprinkled on foul, wet places, or placed in pans in damp rooms, will absorb the moisture; and dry, fresh charcoal powder may be combined with it to absorb noxious gases.
Put the sulphur in iron pans supported upon bricks placed in washtubs containing a little water, set it on fire by hot coals or with the aid of a spoonful of alcohol, or by a long fuse set on train as the last opening to the room is closed.
Brown earthen pans are said to be best for milk and for cooking.
Lay two long strips of narrow board on which to hang the rods; and set flat pans under, on the floor, to catch the grease.
Set the legs of closets and safes in pans of water, and they can not get at them.
Tin pans are lighter, and more convenient, but are too cold for many purposes.
The skimmings are sometimes placed in pans and subsequently made into a second grade of sheet rubber, or they receive treatment with a small proportion of sodium bisulphite and eventually appear as fine pale crepe.
On any but a small scale the labour entailed in the handling and cleaning ofpans is excessive, and shallow tanks are now employed on most estates.
It is not intended to enter into any lengthy discussion relative to the merits of sheets made in pans as against those made in tanks.
In the case of very rich latex, it must be within the knowledge of every manager that the quantity of remaining liquid in the pans would be almost nil.
For all practical purposes, whether sheets are prepared in pans or in tanks, it has been found that the optimum results are obtained by the adoption of a standard approximating and not exceeding 1-1/2 lbs.
Line patty-pans with short crust, put in the above mixture, and bake in a quick oven.
When the pans were full, they were carried away and others were brought.
I was thirsty, but ahead was the old well sweep, and behind the cool lattice of the dairy window were pans of milk in abundance.
Behind them, on the lower rounds of the ladders, followed the kitchen boys, carrying on their heads pots and pans filled to the brim with jam and sweetmeats, each sort ready to be poured into its destined compartment.
The great kitchen was all of a pleasant litter with pie plates and cake pans and mixing bowls, and full of warm, spicy odours.
The water-pans in the buildings are raised six or eight inches from the ground to prevent the birds getting in or wasting the water.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "pans" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: broiler; cooker; pot
