Definition of pawn

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Pawn (v. t.) To pledge for the fulfillment of a promise; to stake; to risk; to wager; to hazard.

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Spent :: Spent (a.) Exhausted of spawn or sperm; -- said especially of fishes.
Wichitas :: Wichitas (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians native of the region between the Arkansas and Red rivers. They are related to the Pawnees. See Pawnees.
Mushroom :: Mushroom (n.) An edible fungus (Agaricus campestris), having a white stalk which bears a convex or oven flattish expanded portion called the pileus. This is whitish and silky or somewhat scaly above, and bears on the under side radiating gills which are at first flesh-colored, but gradually become brown. The plant grows in rich pastures and is proverbial for rapidity of growth and shortness of duration. It has a pleasant smell, and is largely used as food. It is also cultivated from spawn..
Mush :: Mush (n.) Meal (esp. Indian meal) boiled in water; hasty pudding; supawn.
Pawnable :: Pawnable (a.) Capable of being pawned.
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..
Chess :: Chess (n.) A game played on a chessboard, by two persons, with two differently colored sets of men, sixteen in each set. Each player has a king, a queen, two bishops, two knights, two castles or rooks, and eight pawns..
Run :: Run (n.) The act of migrating, or ascending a river to spawn; -- said of fish; also, an assemblage or school of fishes which migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of spawning..
Pignus :: Pignus (n.) A pledge or pawn.
Impawning :: Impawning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impaw.
Pawnee :: Pawnee (n.) One or two whom a pledge is delivered as security; one who takes anything in pawn.
Impawn :: Impawn (v. t.) To put in pawn; to pledge.
Wed :: Wed (n.) A pledge; a pawn.
Pawning :: Pawning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Paw.
Impawned :: Impawned (imp. & p. p.) of Impaw.
Ergot :: Ergot (n.) The mycelium or spawn of this fungus infecting grains of rye and wheat. It is a powerful remedial agent, and also a dangerous poison, and is used as a means of hastening childbirth, and to arrest bleeding..
Kipper :: Kipper (n.) A salmon after spawning.
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..
Empawn :: Empawn (v. t.) To put in pawn; to pledge; to impawn.
Catadromous :: Catadromous (a.) Living in fresh water, and going to the sea to spawn; -- opposed to anadromous, and said of the eel..
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