trepan

Example Sentences

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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

For Janet chose a cruel part,— How many win a tender heart And then trepan it!

From A Selection from the Works of Frederick Locker by Locker-Lampson, Hannah Jane

"But what a thoughtless animal is man,— How very active in his own trepan!"

From The Human Side of Animals by Dixon, Royal

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

From The Fortunes of Nigel by Scott, Walter, Sir