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Pawn : (noun)
1: an article deposited as security
2: a person used by another to gain an end [syn: instrument,
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: soak, hock]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Pawn : \Pawn\, n.
See Pan, the masticatory.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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PAWN. A pledge. Vide Pledge.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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