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ALICATA

Volume 1 · 74 words · 1823 Edition

a mountain of Sicily, near the valleys Mazara and Noto, upon which was situated (as is generally thought) the famous Daedalion, where the tyrant Phalaris kept his brazen bull.

a town of Sicily, remarkable for corn and good wine. It was plundered by the Turks in 1543; is seated on a sort of peninsula near the sea, 22 miles south-east of Girgenti, and contains 2700 houses. E. Long. 14. 2. N. Lat. 37. 11.