English English Dictionary
Result for Trepan
Trepan
(n.)
A crown-saw or cylindrical saw for perforating the skull, turned, when used, like a bit or gimlet. See Trephine.
Trepan
(n.)
A kind of broad chisel for sinking shafts.
Trepan
(v. t. & i.)
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.
Trepan
(n.)
A snare; a trapan.
Trepan
(n.)
a deceiver; a cheat.
Trepan
(v. t.)
To insnare; to trap; to trapan.