Definition of pawn

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Pawn (n.) Anything delivered or deposited as security, as for the payment of money borrowed, or of a debt; a pledge. See Pledge, n., 1..

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Gambit :: Gambit (n.) A mode of opening the game, in which a pawn is sacrificed to gain an attacking position..
Kipper :: Kipper (n.) A salmon split open, salted, and dried or smoked; -- so called because salmon after spawning were usually so cured, not being good when fresh..
Sturiones :: Sturgeon (n.) Any one of numerous species of large cartilaginous ganoid fishes belonging to Acipenser and allied genera of the family Acipenseridae. They run up rivers to spawn, and are common on the coasts and in the large rivers and lakes of North America, Europe, and Asia. Caviare is prepared from the roe, and isinglass from the air bladder..
Kelt :: Kelt (n.) A salmon after spawning.
Sepawn :: Sepawn (n.) See Supawn.
Blackfish :: Blackfish (n.) The female salmon in the spawning season.
Mycelium :: Mycelium (n.) The white threads or filamentous growth from which a mushroom or fungus is developed; the so-called mushroom spawn.
Impawned :: Impawned (imp. & p. p.) of Impaw.
Pawn :: Pawn (v. t.) 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..
Pannage :: Pannage (n.) The food of swine in the woods, as beechnuts, acorns, etc.; -- called also pawns..
Spawned :: Spawned (imp. & p. p.) of Spaw.
Lombar-house :: Lombar-house (n.) A bank or a pawnbroker's shop.
Loups :: Loups (n. pl.) The Pawnees, a tribe of North American Indians whose principal totem was the wolf..
Cultch :: Cultch (n.) Empty oyster shells and other substances laid down on oyster grounds to furnish points for the attachment of the spawn of the oyster.
Spawn :: Spawn (v. i.) To issue, as offspring; -- used contemptuously..
Pawn :: Pawn (n.) A stake hazarded in a wager.
Impignorate :: Impignorate (v. t.) To pledge or pawn.
Spout :: Spout (v. t.) To pawn; to pledge; as, spout a watch..
Pignus :: Pignus (n.) A pledge or pawn.
Kipper :: Kipper (n.) A salmon after spawning.
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