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Trepan Trepan Tre*pan", n. [See Trapan.]
1. A snare; a trapan.
Snares and trepans that common life lays in its way.
--South.
2. a deceiver; a cheat.
He had been from the beginning a spy and a trepan.
--Macaulay.
Trepan Trepan Tre*pan", v. t.
To insnare; to trap; to trapan.
Guards even of a dozen men were silently trepanned from
their stations. --De Quincey.
Trepang Trepang Tre*pang", n. [Malay tr[=i]pang.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of several species of large holothurians, some of
which are dried and extensively used as food in China; --
called also b[^e]che de mer, sea cucumber, and sea
slug. [Written also tripang.]
Note: The edible trepangs are mostly large species of
Holothuria, especially H. edulis. They are taken in
vast quantities in the East Indies, where they are
dried and smoked, and then shipped to China. They are
used as an ingredient in certain kinds of soup.
trepang Holothurian Hol`o*thu"ri*an, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Belonging to the Holothurioidea. -- n. One of the
Holothurioidea.
Note: Some of the species of Holothurians are called sea
cucumbers, sea slugs, trepang, and b[^e]che de
m[`e]r. Many are used as food, esp. by the Chinese.
See Trepang.
Trepanize Trepanize Trep"an*ize, v. t.
To trepan. [Obs.] ``By trepanizing the skull.' --Jer.
Taylor.
Trepanner Trepanner Tre*pan"ner, n.
One who trepans. `` Pitiful trepanners and impostors.'
--Gauden.
