Definition of pawn

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Pawn (v. t.) 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..

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Pawn :: Pawn (n.) A man or piece of the lowest rank.
Mycelium :: Mycelium (n.) The white threads or filamentous growth from which a mushroom or fungus is developed; the so-called mushroom spawn.
Pawner :: Pawner (n.) Alt. of Pawno.
Spout :: Spout (v. t.) To pawn; to pledge; as, spout a watch..
Impawn :: Impawn (v. t.) To put in pawn; to pledge.
Spawning :: Spawning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spaw.
Piece :: Piece (n.) One of the superior men, distinguished from a pawn..
Run :: Run (v. i.) To migrate or move in schools; -- said of fish; esp., to ascend a river in order to spawn..
Spawn :: Spawn (v. t.) The buds or branches produced from underground stems.
Spawner :: Spawner (n.) Whatever produces spawn of any kind.
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..
Pawnees :: Pawnees (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians (called also Loups) who formerly occupied the region of the Platte river, but now live mostly in the Indian Territory. The term is often used in a wider sense to include also the related tribes of Rickarees and Wichitas. Called also Pani..
Gambit :: Gambit (n.) A mode of opening the game, in which a pawn is sacrificed to gain an attacking position..
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..
Oppignerate :: Oppignerate (v. i.) To pledge; to pawn.
Spawn :: Spawn (v. i.) To issue, as offspring; -- used contemptuously..
Shotten :: Shotten (n.) Having ejected the spawn; as, a shotten herring..
Wichitas :: Wichitas (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians native of the region between the Arkansas and Red rivers. They are related to the Pawnees. See Pawnees.
Pawnbroking :: Pawnbroking (n.) The business of a pawnbroker.
Spawn :: Spawn (v. t.) The ova, or eggs, of fishes, oysters, and other aquatic animals..
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