Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pawn"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pawn \Pawn\, n.
See {Pan}, the masticatory.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pawn
n 1: an article deposited as security
2: a person used by another to gain an end [syn: {instrument},
{cat's-paw}]
3: the least powerful chessman; moves only forward and captures
only to the side; can be promoted if it reaches the 8th
rank
4: borrowing and leaving an article as security for repayment
of the loan
v : give as a guarantee [syn: {soak}, {hock}]
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