Trapan definitions

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TRAPAN', v.t. To ensnare; to catch by stratagem.
TRAPAN', n. A snare; a stratagem.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Trapan Tra*pan", n. [OF. trappan. See Trap, and cf. Trepan a snare.] A snare; a stratagem; a trepan. See 3d Trepan. --South.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Trapan 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.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. Ensnare, trap, entrap, trepan. II. n. 1. Snare, trap, stratagem. 2. Stratagem.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

To inveigle, or ensnare.