Pawn : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Pawn	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pawn n an article deposited as security a person used by another to gain an end Synonym(s): instrument, pawn, cat's-paw (chess) the least powerful piece; moves only forward and captures only to the side; it can be promoted to a more powerful piece if it reaches the 8th rank borrowing and leaving an article as security for repayment of the loan v leave as a guarantee in return for money; "pawn your grandfather's gold watch" Synonym(s): pawn, soak, hock
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. [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. See {Pan}, the masticatory.
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. [bd]Sweet wife, my honor is at pawn.[b8] --Shak. {Pawn ticket}, a receipt given by the pawnbroker for an article pledged.