trepans

We see renewed, in another form, the feats of prowess of the Anthrax, whose pupa, armed with trepans, bores through rock on the feeble Fly's behalf.

The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles Jean-Henri Fabre 1869

But now has this little embryo strength enough to thrust itself into the world? to hold up its head, and to maintain its course to a perfect maturity, against all the assaults and batteries of intemperance; all the snares and trepans that common life lays in its way to extinguish and suppress it?

Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. III. 1634-1716 1823

For can there be any thing of friendship in snares, hooks, and trepans?

Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. I. 1634-1716 1823

Apparently, however, she had something else in her head; for as, after a brief affectation of reluctance, she permitted Peveril's face to approach hers, she whispered in his ear, "Beware of trepans!"

Peveril of the Peak Walter Scott 1801

This month’s exhibit was on the history of surgical instruments, and I glanced at the array of therapeutic weaponry—from crude, stone trepans exposing the cerebral tissue within a mannikin’s skull to lasers traversing arterial tunnels.

Over the Edge Jonathan Kellerman 1987

This month’s exhibit was on the history of surgical instruments, and I glanced at the array of therapeutic weaponry—from crude, stone trepans exposing the cerebral tissue within a mannikin’s skull to lasers traversing arterial tunnels.

Over the Edge Jonathan Kellerman 1987

This month’s exhibit was on the history of surgical instruments, and I glanced at the array of therapeutic weaponry—from crude, stone trepans exposing the cerebral tissue within a mannikin’s skull to lasers traversing arterial tunnels.

Over the Edge Jonathan Kellerman 1987