He had been from the beginning a spy and a trepan.
Macaulay.
Tre*pan", v. t. To insnare; to trap; to trapan.
Guards even of a dozen men were silently trepanned from their stations.
De Quincey.
Tre*pang" (?), n. [Malay trpang.] (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of
large holothurians, some of which are dried and extensively used as
food in China; — called also bêche de mer, sea cucumber, and sea slug.
[Written also tripang.]
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.
Trep"an*ize (?), v. t. To trepan. [Obs.] "By trepanizing the skull."
Jer. Taylor.
Tre*pan"ner (?), n. One who trepans. " Pitiful trepanners and
impostors." Gauden.