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Trepanned vs Trepaned - What's the difference?

trepanned | trepaned |

In en-past of|trepan terms the difference between trepanned and trepaned

is that trepanned is (trepan) while trepaned is (trepan).

As verbs the difference between trepanned and trepaned

is that trepanned is (trepan) while trepaned is (trepan).

trepanned

English

Verb

(head)
  • (trepan)

    • trepan

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) trepan, from (etyl) trepanum.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A tool used to bore through rock when sinking shafts.
  • (medicine) A surgical instrument used to remove a circular section of bone from the skull; a trephine.

    • Verb

  • (transitive, manufacturing, mining) 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.
  • (medicine) To use a trepan; to trephine.

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) A trickster.
  • * Macaulay
    • He had been from the beginning a spy and a trepan .
  • (archaic) A snare; a trapan.
  • * South
    • Snares and trepans that common life lays in its way.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (archaic) To trick; to ensnare; to seduce.

    • Anagrams

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    trepaned

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (trepan)

    • Anagrams

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