TREPAN
Scrabble letter values: T1R1E1P3A1N1 = 8
Definition
- verb cut a hole with a trepan, as in surgery.
- noun a surgical instrument used to remove sections of bone from the skull. — synonyms: trephine
- noun a drill for cutting circular holes around a center.
Examples
- “1798 Charlotte Turner Smith: The Young Philosopher. Vol.4, Chapter 9. ...a postchaise, into which he had so infamously trepanned me...”