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

In later editions its spelling was influenced by the word trepan, a surgical operation.

From The Coverley Papers by Various

The large trepan or cutter weighs about 16 tons, and cuts a hole of from 9 to 15 ft. in diameter.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various

With his philibeg an’ tartan plaid, An’ gude claymore down by his side, The ladies’ hearts he did trepan, My gallant braw John Highlandman.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert