Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pawning"
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.
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