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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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