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  • English Word Pavonine Definition Like, or pertaining to, the genus Pavo.
  • English Word Pavonine Definition Characteristic of a peacock; resembling the tail of a peacock, as in colors; iridescent.
  • English Word Paw Definition The foot of a quadruped having claws, as the lion, dog, cat, etc.
  • English Word Paw Definition The hand.
  • English Word Paw Definition To draw the forefoot along the ground; to beat or scrape with the forefoot.
  • English Word Paw Definition To pass the paw over; to stroke or handle with the paws; hence, to handle fondly or rudely.
  • English Word Paw Definition To scrape or beat with the forefoot.
  • English Word Pawed Definition of Paw
  • English Word Pawing Definition of Paw
  • English Word Pawk Definition A small lobster.
  • English Word Pawky Definition Arch; cunning; sly.
  • English Word Pawl Definition A pivoted tongue, or sliding bolt, on one part of a machine, adapted to fall into notches, or interdental spaces, on another part, as a ratchet wheel, in such a manner as to permit motion in one direction and prevent it in the reverse, as in a windlass; a catch, click, or detent. See Illust. of Ratchet Wheel.
  • English Word Pawl Definition To stop with a pawl; to drop the pawls off.
  • English Word Pawn Definition See Pan, the masticatory.
  • English Word Pawn Definition A man or piece of the lowest rank.
  • English Word Pawn Definition Anything delivered or deposited as security, as for the payment of money borrowed, or of a debt; a pledge. See Pledge, n., 1.
  • English Word Pawn Definition State of being pledged; a pledge for the fulfillment of a promise.
  • English Word Pawn Definition A stake hazarded in a wager.
  • English Word Pawn Definition 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.
  • English Word Pawn Definition To pledge for the fulfillment of a promise; to stake; to risk; to wager; to hazard.
  • English Word Pawnable Definition Capable of being pawned.
  • English Word Pawnbroker Definition One who makes a business of lending money on the security of personal property pledged or deposited in his keeping.
  • English Word Pawnbroking Definition The business of a pawnbroker.
  • English Word Pawned Definition of Pawn
  • English Word Pawnee Definition One or two whom a pledge is delivered as security; one who takes anything in pawn.
  • English Word Pawnees Definition 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.
  • English Word Pawner Definition Alt. of Pawnor
  • English Word Pawning Definition of Pawn
  • English Word Pawnor Definition One who pawns or pledges anything as security for the payment of borrowed money or of a debt.
  • English Word Pawpaw Definition See Papaw.