TREPHINE

n. v.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

An instrument for trepanning, being an improvement on the trepan. It is a circular or cylindrical saw, with a handle like that of a gimlet, and a little sharp perforator called the center pin.

2.
v.

To perforate with a trephine; to trepan.


← TREPEGET T — all words TREPID →