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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Gambit :: Gambit (n.) A mode of opening the game, in which a pawn is sacrificed to gain an attacking position..
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..
Queen :: Queen (v. i.) To make a queen (or other piece, at the player's discretion) of by moving it to the eighth row; as, to queen a pawn..
Mont De Piete :: Mont de piete () One of certain public pawnbroking establishments which originated in Italy in the 15th century, the object of which was to lend money at a low rate of interest to poor people in need; -- called also mount of piety. The institution has been adopted in other countries, as in Spain and France. See Lombard-house..
Supe :: Supawn (n.) Boiled Indian meal; hasty pudding; mush.
Pignerate :: Pignerate (v. t.) to receive in pawn, as a pawnbroker does..
Aeration :: Aeration (n.) Exposure to the free action of the air; airing; as, aeration of soil, of spawn, etc..
Pignorative :: Pignorative (a.) Pledging, pawning..
Spout :: Spout (v. t.) To pawn; to pledge; as, spout a watch..
Piece :: Piece (n.) One of the superior men, distinguished from a pawn..
Pignus :: Pignus (n.) A pledge or pawn.
Pawn :: Pawn (n.) A stake hazarded in a wager.
Gage :: Gage (n.) A pledge or pawn; something laid down or given as a security for the performance of some act by the person depositing it, and forfeited by nonperformance; security..
Loups :: Loups (n. pl.) The Pawnees, a tribe of North American Indians whose principal totem was the wolf..
Pawn :: Pawn (n.) State of being pledged; a pledge for the fulfillment of a promise.
Mycelium :: Mycelium (n.) The white threads or filamentous growth from which a mushroom or fungus is developed; the so-called mushroom spawn.
Pawned :: Pawned (imp. & p. p.) of Paw.
Mush :: Mush (n.) Meal (esp. Indian meal) boiled in water; hasty pudding; supawn.
Spawn :: Spawn (v. i.) To issue, as offspring; -- used contemptuously..
Pawner :: Pawner (n.) Alt. of Pawno.
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