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Pawn

Pawn (pawn)
n.(?)
Pawn
  1. See Pan, the masticatory.

Pawn

Pawn (pawn)
n.
Pawn
  1. A man or piece of the lowest rank.

Pawn

Pawn (pawn)
n.
Pawn
  1. Anything delivered or deposited as security, as for the payment of money borrowed, or of a debt; a pledge. See Pledge, n., 1.

    As for mortgaging or pawning, . . . men will not take pawns without use [i. e., interest]. Bacon.

  2. State of being pledged; a pledge for the fulfillment of a promise.
    [R.]

    Redeem from broking pawn the blemish'd crown. Shak.

    As the morning dew is a pawn of the evening fatness. Donne.

  3. A stake hazarded in a wager.
    [Poetic]

    My life I never held but as a pawn
    To wage against thy enemies.     Shak.

    In pawn, At pawn, in the state of being pledged. "Sweet wife, my honor is at pawn." Shak. -- Pawn ticket, a receipt given by the pawnbroker for an article pledged.

Pawn

Pawn (pawn)
v. t.
Pawn
  1. To give or deposit in pledge, or as security for the payment of money borrowed] to put in pawn; to pledge; as, to pawn one's watch.

    And pawned the last remaining piece of plate. Dryden.

  2. To pledge for the fulfillment of a promise; to stake; to risk; to wager; to hazard.

    Pawning his honor to obtain his lust. Shak.













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