Definition of pawn

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Pawn (n.) State of being pledged; a pledge for the fulfillment of a promise.

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Impignoration :: Impignoration (n.) The act of pawning or pledging; the state of being pawned.
Pignoration :: Pignoration (n.) The act of pledging or pawning.
Roe :: Roe (n.) The ova or spawn of fishes and amphibians, especially when still inclosed in the ovarian membranes. Sometimes applied, loosely, to the sperm and the testes of the male..
Cultch :: Cultch (n.) Empty oyster shells and other substances laid down on oyster grounds to furnish points for the attachment of the spawn of the oyster.
Pawnee :: Pawnee (n.) One or two whom a pledge is delivered as security; one who takes anything in pawn.
Pledge :: Pledge (n.) The transfer of possession of personal property from a debtor to a creditor as security for a debt or engagement; also, the contract created between the debtor and creditor by a thing being so delivered or deposited, forming a species of bailment; also, that which is so delivered or deposited; something put in pawn..
Impignorate :: Impignorate (v. t.) To pledge or pawn.
Smelt :: Smelt (n.) Any one of numerous species of small silvery salmonoid fishes of the genus Osmerus and allied genera, which ascend rivers to spawn, and sometimes become landlocked in lakes. They are esteemed as food, and have a peculiar odor and taste..
Kipper :: Kipper (n.) A salmon after spawning.
Run :: Run (n.) The act of migrating, or ascending a river to spawn; -- said of fish; also, an assemblage or school of fishes which migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of spawning..
Empawn :: Empawn (v. t.) To put in pawn; to pledge; to impawn.
Impawn :: Impawn (v. t.) To put in pawn; to pledge.
Sepon :: Sepon (n.) See Supawn.
Spawn :: Spawn (v. t.) Any product or offspring; -- used contemptuously.
Sturiones :: Sturgeon (n.) Any one of numerous species of large cartilaginous ganoid fishes belonging to Acipenser and allied genera of the family Acipenseridae. They run up rivers to spawn, and are common on the coasts and in the large rivers and lakes of North America, Europe, and Asia. Caviare is prepared from the roe, and isinglass from the air bladder..
Pledge :: Pledge (n.) To deposit, as a chattel, in pledge or pawn; to leave in possession of another as security; as, to pledge one's watch..
Uncle :: Uncle (n.) A pawnbroker.
Pawnable :: Pawnable (a.) Capable of being pawned.
Spawn :: Spawn (v. t.) The ova, or eggs, of fishes, oysters, and other aquatic animals..
Pignerate :: Pignerate (v. t.) To pledge or pawn.
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