TRAPAN
Etymology
Noun
trapan (plural trapans)
A snare; a stratagem; a trepan.
Verb
trapan (third-person singular simple present trapans, present participle trapanning, simple past and past participle trapanned)
(transitive) To ensnare; to catch by stratagem; to entrap; to trepan.
Anagrams
• partan, tarpan
Source: Wiktionary
Tra*pan", n. Etym: [OF. trappan. See Trap, and cf. Trepan a snare.]
Definition: A snare; a stratagem; a trepan. See 3d Trepan. South.
Tra*pan", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trapanned; p. pr. & vb. n. Trapanning.]
Definition: To insnare; to catch by stratagem; to entrap; to trepan. Having some of his people trapanned at Baldivia. Anson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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