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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1685
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Trepaning, vbl. n. [Late ME trepanynge (c1400).] The action of sawing (the skull) with a trepan. —1685 Lauder Observes 195.
Tho Argile was very witty … yet … he hes never been very solid sen his trepaning of his scull in 1653
