Pawn /(?)/

Pawn

n.
  1. See Pan, the masticatory.

Pawn

n.
  1. A man or piece of the lowest rank. (Chess)

Pawn

n.
  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].
  2. State of being pledged; a pledge for the fulfillment of a promise. [R.]
    Redeem from broking pawn the blemish'd crown.
    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.

Phrases & Compounds
In pawn
in the state of being pledged.
Pawn shop
a shop where a pawnbroker does business.
Pawn ticket
a receipt given by the pawnbroker for an article pledged.

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.
    And pawned the last remaining piece of plate.
  2. To pledge for the fulfillment of a promise; to stake; to risk; to wager; to hazard.
    Pawning his honor to obtain his lust.