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