trapan

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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

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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