The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pawn \Pawn\, n. [OF. pan pledge, assurance, skirt, piece, F. pan
   skirt, lappet, piece, from L. pannus. See Pane.]
   1. Anything delivered or deposited as security, as for the
      payment of money borrowed, or of a debt; a pledge. See
      Pledge, n., 1.
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            As for mortgaging or pawning, . . . men will not
            take pawns without use [i. e., interest]. --Bacon.
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   2. State of being pledged; a pledge for the fulfillment of a
      promise. [R.]
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            Redeem from broking pawn the blemish'd crown.
                                                  --Shak.
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            As the morning dew is a pawn of the evening fatness.
                                                  --Donne.
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   3. A stake hazarded in a wager. [Poetic]
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            My life I never held but as a pawn
            To wage against thy enemies.          --Shak.
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   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.
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