trapan

Tra*pan", n. Etym: [OF. trappan. See Trap, and cf. Trepan a snare.] Defn: A snare; a stratagem; a trepan. See 3d Trepan. South. Tra*pan", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trapanned; p. pr. & vb. n. Trapanning.] Defn: To insnare; to catch by stratagem; to entrap; to trepan. Having some of his people trapanned at Baldivia. Anson.

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