pown

pown (third-person singular simple present powns, present participle powning, simple past and past participle powned)

1. Alternative spelling of pwn.

From Anglo-Norman poun, paun, from Late Latin pedōnem.

• powne, poun, poune, pon, pawn, pawne, paun, pewne

• IPA^(key): /pau̯n/, /puːn/

pown

2. pawn (chess piece)

• English: pawn
• Scots: poun

• “poun(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

From Old French paon, poon, from Latin pāvō, pāvōnem.

• poon

• IPA^(key): /pau̯n/, /puːn/

pown (plural pownes)

2. (rare) peacock

• English: pawn
• Middle Scots: poun
  • ⇒ Scots: pownie

• “poun(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.