hoe vs trephine

hoe

noun
  • An agricultural tool consisting of a long handle with a flat blade fixed perpendicular to it at the end, used for digging rows. 

  • A piece of land that juts out towards the sea; a promontory. 

  • The horned or piked dogfish, Squalus acanthias. 

verb
  • To cut, dig, scrape, turn, arrange, or clean, with this tool. 

  • To clear from weeds, or to loosen or arrange the earth about, with a hoe. 

trephine

noun
  • A surgical instrument with a cylindrical blade used to remove a circular section of tissue, f.e. bone or cornea; a trepan. 

verb
  • To use a trephine during surgery. 

  • To perforate with a trephine. 

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