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Webster 1913 Edition
Pawn
Pawn
,Noun.
1.
Anything delivered or deposited as security, as for the payment of money borrowed, or of a debt; a pledge. See , 1.
Pledge
, Noun.
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. Shakespeare
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
To wage against thy enemies.
pawn
To wage against thy enemies.
Shakespeare
In pawn
, At pawn
in the state of being pledged.
“Sweet wife, my honor is at pawn.” Shak.
– Pawn shop
, a shop where a pawnbroker does business.
– Pawn ticket
, a receipt given by the pawnbroker for an article pledged.
Pawn
,Verb.
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
Syn. – hock [colloq].
And
pawned
the last remaining piece of plate. Dryden.
2.
To pledge for the fulfillment of a promise; to stake; to risk; to wager; to hazard.
Pawning
his honor to obtain his lust. Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Pawn
PAWN
,Noun.
1.
Something given or deposited as security for the payment of money borrowed; a pledge. Pawn is applied only to goods, chattels or money, and not to real estate. Men will not take pawns without use.
2.
A pledge for the fulfillment of a promise.3.
A common man at chess. [See Peon.]In pawn, at pawn, the state of being pledged.
Sweet wife, my honor is at pawn.
PAWN
,Verb.
T.
1.
To give or deposit in pledge, or as security for the payment of money borrowed; to pledge; as, she pawned the last piece of plate.2.
To pledge for the fulfillment of a promise; as, to pawn one's word or honor that an agreement shall be fulfilled.