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To bind (someone) by pledge or security; to engage.

(archaic) To bet or wager (something).

(obsolete) To deposit or give (something) as a pledge or security; to pawn.

Something, such as a glove or other pledge, thrown down as a challenge to combat (now usually figurative).

(obsolete) Something valuable deposited as a guarantee or pledge; security, ransom.

(US) (a measure, instrument for measuring, etc.)

(US) (to measure)

A subspecies of plum, (subspecies).

Marijuana

(slang) A pint pot.

(metonymically) A drink.

(slang) A tobacco pipe.

(slang) A chamber pot.

(slang) A small quantity of anything.

(thieves) A quart pot.