TREPAN
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Tre*pan" (?), n. [F. trépan (cf. Sp. trépano, It. trepano, trapano), LL. trepanum, fr. Gr. &unr_; a borer, auger, trepan, fr. &unr_; to bore, &unr_; a hole. Cf. Trephine.] 1. (Surg.) A crown-saw or cylindrical saw for perforating the skull, turned, when used, like a bit or gimlet. See Trephine.
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2. (Mining) A kind of broad chisel for sinking shafts.
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Tre*pan", v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Trepanned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Trepanning.] [Cf. F. trépaner. See Trepan a saw.] (Surg.) 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.
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Tre*pan", n. [See Trapan.] 1. A snare; a trapan.
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Snares and trepans that common life lays in its way.
South.
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2. a deceiver; a cheat.
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He had been from the beginning a spy and a trepan.
Macaulay.
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Tre*pan", v. t. To insnare; to trap; to trapan.
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Guards even of a dozen men were silently trepanned from their stations.
De Quincey.
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