Definition of pawn

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Pawn (n.) A stake hazarded in a wager.

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Ruche :: Ruche (n.) A pile of arched tiles, used to catch and retain oyster spawn..
Impignoration :: Impignoration (n.) The act of pawning or pledging; the state of being pawned.
Smelt :: Smelt (n.) Any one of numerous species of small silvery salmonoid fishes of the genus Osmerus and allied genera, which ascend rivers to spawn, and sometimes become landlocked in lakes. They are esteemed as food, and have a peculiar odor and taste..
Pawnable :: Pawnable (a.) Capable of being pawned.
Catadromous :: Catadromous (a.) Living in fresh water, and going to the sea to spawn; -- opposed to anadromous, and said of the eel..
Roe :: Roe (n.) The ova or spawn of fishes and amphibians, especially when still inclosed in the ovarian membranes. Sometimes applied, loosely, to the sperm and the testes of the male..
Impawning :: Impawning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impaw.
Pawned :: Pawned (imp. & p. p.) of Paw.
Spawn :: Spawn (v. t.) The buds or branches produced from underground stems.
Kipper :: Kipper (n.) A salmon after spawning.
Lumber :: Lumber (n.) A pawnbroker's shop, or room for storing articles put in pawn; hence, a pledge, or pawn..
Pawn :: 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..
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..
Blackfish :: Blackfish (n.) The female salmon in the spawning season.
Sepon :: Sepon (n.) See Supawn.
Pledge :: Pledge (n.) The transfer of possession of personal property from a debtor to a creditor as security for a debt or engagement; also, the contract created between the debtor and creditor by a thing being so delivered or deposited, forming a species of bailment; also, that which is so delivered or deposited; something put in pawn..
Pawnbroking :: Pawnbroking (n.) The business of a pawnbroker.
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..
Spawner :: Spawner (n.) A mature female fish.
Pawnor :: Pawnor (n.) One who pawns or pledges anything as security for the payment of borrowed money or of a debt.
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