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.