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trepans

The correct spelling is trepans.

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noun

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The correct spelling is trepans. A tool used to bore through rock when sinking shafts.

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Definition

noun

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

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