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 ticket, a receipt given by the pawnbroker
for an article pledged.
Pawn, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pawned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Pawning.] 1. 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.
2. To pledge for the fulfillment of a promise; to stake; to risk; to
wager; to hazard.
Pawning his honor to obtain his lust.
Shak.
Pawna*ble (?), a. Capable of being pawned.
Pawn"bro`ker (?), n. One who makes a business of lending money on the
security of personal property pledged or deposited in his keeping.
Pawn"bro`king, n. The business of a pawnbroker.
Pawn*ee" (?), n. (Law) One or two whom a pledge is delivered as
security; one who takes anything in pawn.
Paw`nees" (?), n. pl.; sing. Pawnee (&?;). (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians
(called also Loups) who formerly occupied the region of the Platte
river, but now live mostly in the Indian Territory. The term is often
used in a wider sense to include also the related tribes of Rickarees
and Wichitas. Called also Pani.
{ Pawn"er (?), Pawn*or" (?), } n. (Law) One who pawns or pledges
anything as security for the payment of borrowed money or of a debt.
Paw`paw" (?), n. (Bot.) See Papaw.
Pax (?), n. [L. pax peace. See Peace.] 1. (Eccl.) The kiss of peace;
also, the embrace in the sanctuary now substituted for it at High Mass
in Roman Catholic churches.
2. (R. C. Ch.) A tablet or board, on which is a representation of
Christ, of the Virgin Mary, or of some saint and which, in the Mass,
was kissed by the priest and then by the people, in mediÊval times; an
osculatory. It is still used in communities, confraternities, etc.
Kiss the pax, and be quiet like your neighbors.
Chapman.
Pax"il*lose` (?), a. [L. paxillus a small stake.] (Geol.) Resembling a
little stake.
||Pax*il"lus (?), n.; pl. Paxilli (#). [L., a peg.] (Zoˆl.) One of a
||peculiar kind of spines covering the surface of certain starfishes.
||They are pillarlike, with a flattened summit which is covered with
||minute spinules or granules. See Illustration in Appendix.
Pax"wax` (?), n. [For faxvax, fr. AS. fea&?; hair (akin to OHG. fahs) +
weaxan to grow. See Wax to grow, and cf. Faxed, Pectinate.] (Anat.) The
strong ligament of the back of the neck in quadrupeds. It connects the
back of the skull with dorsal spines of the cervical vertebrÊ, and
helps to support the head. Called also paxywaxy and packwax.
Pax"y*wax`y (?), n. (Anat.) See Paxwax.
Pay (?), v. t. [OF. peier, fr. L. picare to pitch, i&?; pitch: cf. OF.
peiz pitch, F. poix. See Pitch a black substance.] (Naut.) To cover, as
bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc., with tar or pitch, or
waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear.
Pay, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Paid (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Paying.] [OE. paien,
F. payer, fr. L. pacare to pacify, appease, fr. pax, pacis, peace. See
Peace.] 1. To satisfy, or content; specifically, to satisfy (another
person) for service rendered, property delivered, etc.; to discharge
one's obligation to; to make due return to; to compensate; to
remunerate; to recompense; to requite; as, to pay workmen or servants.
May no penny ale them pay [i. e., satisfy].
P. Plowman.
[She] pays me with disdain.
Dryden.
2. Hence, figuratively: To compensate justly; to requite according to
merit; to reward; to punish; to retort or retaliate upon.
For which, or pay me quickly, or I'll pay you.
B. Jonson.
3. To discharge, as a debt, demand, or obligation, by giving or doing
what is due or required; to deliver the amount or value of to the
person to whom it is owing; to discharge a debt by delivering (money
owed). "Pay me that thou owest." Matt. xviii. 28.
Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
Matt. xviii. 26.
If they pay this tax, they starve.
Tennyson.
4. To discharge or fulfill, as a duy; to perform or render duty, as
that which has been promised.
This day have I paid my vows.
Prov. vii. 14.
5. To give or offer, without an implied obligation; as, to pay
attention; to pay a visit.
Not paying me a welcome.
Shak.
To pay off. (a) To make compensation to and discharge; as, to pay off
the crew of a ship. (b) To allow (a thread, cord, etc.) to run off; to
unwind. -- To pay one's duty, to render homage, as to a sovereign or
other superior. -- To pay out (Naut.), to pass out; hence, to slacken;
to allow to run out; as, to pay out more cable. See under Cable. -- To
pay the piper, to bear the cost, expense, or trouble. [Colloq.]
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Pay (p), v. i. To give a recompense; to make payment, requital, or
satisfaction; to discharge a debt.
The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again.
Ps. xxxvii. 21.
2. Hence, to make or secure suitable return for expense or trouble; to
be remunerative or profitable; to be worth the effort or pains
required; as, it will pay to ride; it will pay to wait; politeness
always pays.
To pay for. (a) To make amends for; to atone for; as, men often pay for
their mistakes with loss of property or reputation, sometimes with
life. (b) To give an equivalent for; to bear the expense of; to be
mulcted on account of.
'T was I paid for your sleeps; I watched your wakings.
Beau. & Fl.
-- To pay off. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Naut.) To fall to leeward, as the
head of a vessel under sail. -- To pay on. [Etymol. uncertain.] To beat
with vigor; to redouble blows. [Colloq.] -- To pay round [Etymol.
uncertain.] (Naut.) To turn the ship's head.
Pay, n. 1. Satisfaction; content. Chaucer.
2. An equivalent or return for money due, goods purchased, or services
performed; salary or wages for work or service; compensation;
recompense; payment; hire; as, the pay of a clerk; the pay of a
soldier.
Where only merit constant pay receives.
Pope.
There is neither pay nor plunder to be got.
L'Estrange.
Full pay, the whole amount of wages or salary; maximum pay; especially,
the highest pay or allowance to civil or military officers of a certain
rank, without deductions. -- Half pay. See under Half. -- Pay day, the
day of settlement of accounts. -- Pay dirt (Mining), earth which yields
a profit to the miner. [Western U.S.] -- Pay office, a place where
payment is made. -- Pay roll, a roll or list of persons entitled to
payment, with the amounts due.
Pay"a*ble (?), a. [Cf. F. payable. Cf. Pacable.] 1. That may, can, or
should be paid; suitable to be paid; justly due. Drayton.
Thanks are a tribute payable by the poorest.
South.
2. (Law) (a) That may be discharged or settled by delivery of value.
(b) Matured; now due.
Pay*ee" (?), n. The person to whom money is to be, or has been, paid;
the person named in a bill or note, to whom, or to whose order, the
amount is promised or directed to be paid. See Bill of exchange, under
Bill.
Pay"en (?), n. & a. Pagan. [F.] [Obs.] Chaucer.
Pay"er (?), n. One who pays; specifically, the person by whom a bill or
note has been, or should be, paid.
Pay"mas`ter (?), n. One who pays; one who compensates, rewards, or
requites; specifically, an officer or agent of a government, a
corporation, or an employer, whose duty it is to pay salaries, wages,
etc., and keep account of the same.
Pay"ment (?), n. [F. payment, paiement. See Pay to requite.] 1. The act
of paying, or giving compensation; the discharge of a debt or an
obligation.
No man envieth the payment of a debt.
Bacon.
2. That which is paid; the thing given in discharge of a debt, or an
obligation, or in fulfillment of a promise; reward; recompense;
requital; return. Shak.