TREPAN

trepan

Noun

  1. A tool used to bore through rock when sinking shafts.
  2. A surgical instrument used to remove a circular section of bone from the skull; a trephine.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. A trickster.
  2. A snare; a trapan.

Verb

  1. To create a large hole by making a narrow groove outlining the shape of the hole and then removing the plug of material remaining by less expensive means.
  2. To use a trepan; to trephine.

Verb (etymology 2)

  1. To trick; to ensnare; to seduce.


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