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pawn


  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pawn  \Pawn\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Pawned};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Pawning}.] 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pawn  \Pawn\,  n. 
  See  {Pan},  the  masticatory. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pawn  \Pawn\,  n.  [OE.  paune,  poun,  OF  peon,  poon,  F.  pion,  LL 
  pedo  a  foot  soldier,  fr  L.  pes,  pedis,  foot.  See  {Foot},  and 
  cf  {Pioneer},  {Peon}.]  (Chess) 
  A  man  or  piece  of  the  lowest  rank. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pawn  \Pawn\,  n.  [OF.  pan  pledge,  assurance,  skirt,  piece,  F.  pan 
  skirt,  lappet,  piece,  from  L.  pannus.  See  {Pane}.] 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pawn 
  n  1:  an  article  deposited  as  security 
  2:  a  person  used  by  another  to  gain  an  end  [syn:  {instrument}, 
  {cat's-paw}] 
  3:  the  least  powerful  chessman;  moves  only  forward  and  captures 
  only  to  the  side  can  be  promoted  if  it  reaches  the  8th 
  rank 
  4:  borrowing  and  leaving  an  article  as  security  for  repayment 
  of  the  loan  [syn:  {pawning}] 
  v  :  give  as  a  guarantee  [syn:  {soak},  {hock}] 




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