trepan

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Marshal Ney had a silver trepan in his skull, a bullet wound in his ankle.

From Time Magazine Archive

Fearful things: bonesaws, abdomen retractor, trocar and trepan.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

What!" said the bold Knight, "you think I am afraid of the trepan?

From The Fortunes of Nigel by Scott, Walter, Sir

And weazels at their slumbers They'll trepan; To get sunbeams from cucumbers They've a plan.

From Bab Ballads and Savoy Songs by Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), Sir

Then comes the larger trepan, with a width of 4.80 mètres, and repeats the process on a larger scale.

From Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878 by Various