What is to insnare; to trap; to trapan. Guards even of a dozen men were silently trepanned from their stations. De Quincey called?
trepan — To insnare; to trap; to trapan. Guards even of a dozen men were silently trepanned from their stations. De Quincey. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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