alfet

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noun

Plural noun:

alfets

1.
(historical)A cauldron of boiling water into which an accused person plunged his forearm, used as a form of trial in Medieval England.

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From alfetum, from Old English alfæt (fire-vat), from āl (fire) + fæt (vat).