Trapan

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Trapan \Tra*pan"\, n. [OF. trappan. See {Trap}, and cf. {Trepan}
     a snare.]
     A snare; a stratagem; a trepan. See 3d {Trepan}. --South.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Trapan \Tra*pan"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Trapanned}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Trapanning}.]
     To insnare; to catch by stratagem; to entrap; to trepan.
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           Having some of his people trapanned at Baldivia.
                                                    --Anson.
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