Pawn1. (n.) See the masticatory.
2. (n.) A man or piece of the lowest rank.
3. (n.) Anything delivered or deposited as security, as for the payment of money borrowed, or of a debt; a pledge. See Pledge.
4. (n.) State of being pledged; a pledge for the fulfillment of a promise.
5. (n.) A stake hazarded in a wager.
6. (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.
7. (v. t.) To pledge for the fulfillment of a promise; to stake; to risk; to wager; to hazard.
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