A federal stone or stone table at which the ancient courts baron were held in the open air, and at which covenants were made. (Latin, fœdus, a treaty.)
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.