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counter-pawn
† ˈcounter-pawn Obs. [f. counter- 5 + pawn; but possibly directly from OF. contrepan, ‘a pledge, gage, or pawne, especially of an immoueable’ (Cotgr.), found from 13th c. in Godef. in sense ‘security, evidence, or assurance of property’; cf. also AF. countrepan quoted under counterpane1, and see pan...
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▪ I. † ˈcounterpane1 Obs. Forms: 5 contrepane, 6 -payne, counterpayne, -pein, 6–7 -paine, -pane, 7 -pain. [app. a. Anglo-F. countrepan, in the (unrecorded) sense ‘opposite part’, f. contre- + OF. pan piece, part, portion (see Godef.): the Anglo-French word occurs in Britton, app. in sense ‘counter-p...
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