One of Chambers’ favorite hobby horses was what he perceived as the corruption and/or dilution of the English language. He was also not the sort of man who would be afraid to insert his commentary or his wit into an encyclopedic entry. This sometimes results in entries like this:

ABAPTISTON, or ANABAPTISTON, a Name antiently given to an Instrument in Chirurgery, by the modern Writers call'd Trepan, Modiolus, Terebra, Terebellum, and Trafine. See TREPAN, MODIOLUS, &c.

The Word is a mere Stranger in our Language. It seems to be one of those Exoticks imported by the Dictionaries and never taken notice of but by themselves.