trephines
plural of trephine
trephines
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of trephine
• nephrites, prehnites
Source: Wiktionary
Tre*phine", n. Etym: [A dim. of 1st trepan: cf. F. tréphine.] (Surg.)
Definition: An instrument for trepanning, being an improvement on the trepan. It is a circular or cylindrical saw, with a handle like that of a gimlet, and a little sharp perforator called the center pin.
Tre*phine", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trephined; p. pr. & vb. n. Trephining.]
Definition: To perforate with a trephine; to trepan.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 July 2024
(noun) absence of systole; failure of the ventricles of the heart to contract (usually caused by ventricular fibrillation) with consequent absence of the heart beat leading to oxygen lack and eventually to death
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
