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In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed... No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people. Preface to 1828 Dictionary
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PAWN, n. [L. pignus.]
In pawn, at pawn, the state of being pledged.
PAWN, v.t. [L. pignero.]
See Pan, the
masticatory.
A man or piece
of the lowest rank.
Anything
delivered or deposited as security, as for the payment of money
borrowed, or of a debt; a pledge. See Pledge,
As for mortgaging or pawning, . . . men will not take pawns without use [i. e., interest]. Bacon. 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. A stake hazarded in a wager.
[Poetic]
My life I never held but as a pawn In pawn, At pawn, in the state of being pledged. "Sweet wife, my honor is at pawn." Shak. -- Pawn ticket, a receipt given by the pawnbroker for an article pledged. 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.
And pawned the last remaining piece of plate. Dryden. To pledge for the fulfillment of a promise;
to stake; to risk; to wager; to hazard.
Pawning his honor to obtain his lust. Shak. | ||||||||