Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Trephine

Trephine (?; 277) , noun

[A dim. of 1st trepan: compare French tréphine.]

(Surgery) An instrument for trepanning, being an improvement on the trepan. It is a circular or cylindrical saw, with a handle like that of a gimlet, and a little sharp perforator called the center pin.

Trephine , transitive verb

To perforate with a trephine; to trepan.