tofet

To ajfay, to prove, to tempt; To attak, tofet upon C. Dho tria.

Archaeologia Britannica, giving some account additional to what has been hitherto publish'd, of the languages, histories and customs of the original inhabitants of Great Britain: : from collections and observations in travels through Wales, Cornwal, Bas-Bretagne, Ireland and Scotland. 1707

As he attended them to the coach, he thought he difcovercd new invitation; and while he prefled the hand of Mifs Howard as (he afcended the ftep, fhc palTcd a glance into his eye, which, in a moment, fecmed tofet the wi (hed-for day at the diftance of centuries, and extended the five miles to the long-drawn labours of a tedious journey.

Henry Somerville, by the author of Hartlebourn castle 1797