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Raretrepan
The correct spelling is trepan.
How to pronounce trepan
/tɹɪˈpæn/
nounIPA: /tɹɪˈpæn/
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The correct spelling is trepan. A tool used to bore through rock when sinking shafts. For example: "1798 Charlotte Turner Smith: The Young Philosopher. Vol.4, Chapter 9. ...a postchaise, into which he had so infamously trepanned me..."
Usage Examples
“1798 Charlotte Turner Smith: The Young Philosopher. Vol.4, Chapter 9. ...a postchaise, into which he had so infamously trepanned me...”
Meanings
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.
- 3.A trickster.
- 4.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.
- 3.To ensnare; to seduce, to trick.
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