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 Pawn, n.
 1. Anything delivered or deposited as security, as for the payment of money borrowed, or of a debt; a pledge. See Pledge, n., 1.
    As for mortgaging or pawning, . . . men will not take pawns without use [=\i. e., interest].\=   --Bacon.
 2. State of being pledged; a pledge for the fulfillment of a promise. [R.]
    Redeem from broking pawn the blemish'd crown.   --Shak.
    As the morning dew is a pawn of the evening fatness.   --Donne.
 3. A stake hazarded in a wager. [Poetic]
 My life I never held but as a pawn
 To wage against thy enemies.   --Shak.
 In pawn, At pawn, in the state of being pledged. “Sweet wife, my honor is at pawn.” --Shak.
 Pawn shop, a shop where a pawnbroker does business.
 Pawn ticket, a receipt given by the pawnbroker for an article pledged.