freet — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A superstitious notion or belief with respect to any action or event as a good or a bad omen; a superstition.

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   If the old “freet” be true “ that those who fall when at the handspake aneath the corpse, will soon be the corpse themsell," there would soon be a good few corspes; for at these "druken" concerns, the bearers are falling some of them every now and then.

2. A superstitious rite, observance, wont, or practice.

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   Oh, sister Ellen, sister sweet, Come with me to the hill I pray, And I will prove that blessed freet!

3. A charm.