trepanner, trapanner

[Eng. trepan (2), v.; -er.] One who trepans; a cheat, a trick ster. "Not long after by the insinuations of that old pander and trapanner of souls." -South : Sermons , vol. vi., ser. 10. trě-păn'-ning, s. [Eng. trepan (1), v.; -ing.] 1. Surg .: The operation of making an opening in the skull for relieving the brain from compre ion Geog.: A township in the state of New York or irritation. twelve miles north of Utica. Trenton-limestone, s . Geol.: A limestone of Lower Silurian age from New York. (Murchison.) It is divided into the site. IMG:content-1403.png:[blocks in formation] trěnch-ing, s. [TRENCH, v.] Agricult.: The act or operation of preparing or improving land by cutting trenches, or by bringing up the subsoil to the surface by means of a trench plow. *trench-möre, v . i . [TRENCH MORE, subst .] To dance a trench more. "Marke he doth curtsie, and salutes a block, Will see me to wonder at a weathercock, Trench more with Apes, play musick to an Owle." Marston: Pygmaiton's Image , ii. 145. *trench-möre, *trench-moore, s . [Etymology doubtful.] IMG:content-1404.png:[blocks in formation] "For an ape to friske trench moore in a pair of buskins and a doublet." - Holinshed : Descrip. Ireland , ch. ii. 2. The music for such a dance. It was written in triple or time. trend (1), *trend-en, v . i. & t. [From the same root as A. S. trendel = a circle, a ring; cf. Danish trind = round; trindt = around; trindes to grow round; Sw. trind =round; O. Fries. trind , trund.] [TRENDLE, TRUNDLE.] A. Intransitive: *1. To roll or turn about. "Lat hym rollen and trenden."-Chaucer: Boethius, bk. iii. 2. To extend or lie along in a particular direction; to run; to stretch. "To the southward of the cape, the land trends away." -Cook: First Voyage , bk. ii., ch. v. Trenton Group.