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Trephine

n.
  1. 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.

v. t.
  1. To perforate with a trephine; to trepan.