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Pronunciation : Tre*pan"
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F. tr?pan (cf. Sp. tr?pano, It. trepano, trapano), LL. trepanum, fr. Gr. Trephine.]
Definition : 1. (Surg.)

Defn: A crown-saw or cylindrical saw for perforating the skull, turned, when used, like a bit or gimlet. See Trephine.

2. (Mining)

Defn: A kind of broad chisel for sinking shafts.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Tre*pan"
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Cf. F. tr?paner. See Trepan a saw.] (Surg.)
Definition : Defn: To perforate (the skull) with a trepan, so as to remove a portion of the bone, and thus relieve the brain from pressure or irritation; to perform an operation with the trepan.

t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Trepanned; p. pr. & vb. n. Trepanning.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Tre*pan"
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [See Trapan.]
Definition : 1. A snare; a trapan. Snares and trepans that common life lays in its way. South.

2. a deceiver; a cheat. He had been from the beginning a spy and a trepan. Macaulay.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Tre*pan"
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To insnare; to trap; to trapan. Guards even of a dozen men were silently trepanned from their stations. De Quincey.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913