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noun
Trepan  n.  
1.
A snare; a trapan. "Snares and trepans that common life lays in its way."
2.
A deceiver; a cheat. "He had been from the beginning a spy and a trepan."





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"Trepan" Quotes from Famous Books



... friend answered, He hoped he did not intend to make use of him to trepan a man to his ruin. Upon that, with lifted up hands, Sharp promised by the living God, that no hurt should come to him, if he made a full ...
— The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, Vol. X. • Jonathan Swift
... examined the door, which was fast secured; and then looked at the casements, which were at a storey's height from the ground, and grated besides with iron. "I cannot think," he said, after a moment's pause, "that the fellow means to trepan us; and, in any event, I trust we should have no difficulty in forcing the door, or otherwise making escape. But, before resorting to such violent measures, I think it is better to give the rabble leisure to disperse, by waiting ...
— Peveril of the Peak • Sir Walter Scott


Words linked to "Trepan" :   surgical instrument, surgical operation, surgical process, trephine


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