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CIDE DICTIONARY

alfet

CIDE DICTIONARY

alfetn. [LL. alfetum, fr. AS. ālfæt a pot to boil in; āl burning + fæt vat.].
     A caldron of boiling water into which an accused person plunged his forearm as a test of innocence or guilt.  [1913 Webster]

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