Definition of pawn

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Pawn (n.) A stake hazarded in a wager.

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Kipper :: Kipper (n.) A salmon after spawning.
Impawn :: Impawn (v. t.) To put in pawn; to pledge.
Ergot :: Ergot (n.) The mycelium or spawn of this fungus infecting grains of rye and wheat. It is a powerful remedial agent, and also a dangerous poison, and is used as a means of hastening childbirth, and to arrest bleeding..
Pawnbroking :: Pawnbroking (n.) The business of a pawnbroker.
Spawning :: Spawning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spaw.
Pawnable :: Pawnable (a.) Capable of being pawned.
Spent :: Spent (a.) Exhausted of spawn or sperm; -- said especially of fishes.
Pignus :: Pignus (n.) A pledge or pawn.
Impignorate :: Impignorate (v. t.) To pledge or pawn.
Spawn :: Spawn (v. i.) To deposit eggs, as fish or frogs do..
Spawn :: Spawn (v. t.) Any product or offspring; -- used contemptuously.
Pignerate :: Pignerate (v. t.) To pledge or pawn.
Spout :: Spout (v. t.) To pawn; to pledge; as, spout a watch..
Mont De Piete :: Mont de piete () One of certain public pawnbroking establishments which originated in Italy in the 15th century, the object of which was to lend money at a low rate of interest to poor people in need; -- called also mount of piety. The institution has been adopted in other countries, as in Spain and France. See Lombard-house..
Sea Trout :: Sea trout () Any one of several species of true trouts which descend rivers and enter the sea after spawning, as the European bull trout and salmon trout, and the eastern American spotted trout..
Mush :: Mush (n.) Meal (esp. Indian meal) boiled in water; hasty pudding; supawn.
Mycelium :: Mycelium (n.) The white threads or filamentous growth from which a mushroom or fungus is developed; the so-called mushroom spawn.
Mixogamous :: Mixogamous (a.) Pairing with several males; -- said of certain fishes of which several males accompany each female during spawning.
Kipper :: Kipper (n.) A salmon split open, salted, and dried or smoked; -- so called because salmon after spawning were usually so cured, not being good when fresh..
Spawn :: Spawn (v. t.) To bring forth; to generate; -- used in contempt.
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