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Meaning of ALFET

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Al"fet\, n. [LL. alfetum, fr. AS. [=a]lf[ae]t a pot to
boil in; [=a]l burning + f[ae]t vat.]
A caldron of boiling water into which an accused person
plunged his forearm as a test of innocence or guilt.
 
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