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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Pawn \Pawn\, noun [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Pawn \Pawn\, noun [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}, noun, 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 shop}, a shop where a pawnbroker does business.
{Pawn ticket}, a receipt given by the pawnbroker for an article pledged.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Pawn \Pawn\, noun See {Pan}, the masticatory.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Pawn \Pawn\, verb (used with an object) [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.
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.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
noun
1: an article deposited as security
2: a person used by another to gain an end [syn: {instrument}, {pawn}, {cat's-paw}]
3: (chess) the least powerful piece; moves only forward and captures only to the side; it can be promoted to a more powerful piece if it reaches the 8th rank
4: borrowing and leaving an article as security for repayment of the loan
verb
1: leave as a guarantee in return for money; "pawn your grandfather's gold watch" [syn: {pawn}, {soak}, {hock}]
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