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noun
A cauldron of boiling water into which an accused person plunged his forearm, used as a form of trial in Medieval England.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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History
From Medieval Latin alfetum, from Old English alfæt (“fire-vat”), from āl (“fire”) + fæt (“vat”).
