v. t. [ Pref. em- + pawn. Cf. Impawn. ] To put in pawn; to pledge; to impawn. [ 1913 Webster ]

To sell, empawn, and alienate the estates. Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ √170. See Spawn, v. t. ] 1. The ova, or eggs, of fishes, oysters, and other aquatic animals. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any product or offspring; -- used contemptuously. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Hort.) The buds or branches produced from underground stems. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Bot.) The white fibrous matter forming the matrix from which fungi. [ 1913 Webster ]

Spawn eater (Zool.), a small American cyprinoid fish (Notropis Hudsonius) allied to the dace. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Spawned p. pr. & vb. n. Spawning. ] [ OE. spanen, OF. espandre, properly, to shed, spread, L. expandere to spread out. See Expand. ] 1. To produce or deposit (eggs), as fishes or frogs do. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To bring forth; to generate; -- used in contempt. [ 1913 Webster ]

One edition [ of books ] spawneth another. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To deposit eggs, as fish or frogs do. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To issue, as offspring; -- used contemptuously. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Zool.) A mature female fish. [ 1913 Webster ]

The barbel, for the preservation or their seed, both the spawner and the milter, cover their spawn with sand. Walton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Whatever produces spawn of any kind. [ 1913 Webster ]