The Collaborative International Dictionary
                    Refut
                    
                        
                
                                                                    Refut \Ref"ut\ (r[e^]f"[.u]t), n. [OF. refuite.]
   Refuge. ``Thou haven of refut.'' [Obs.] 
--Chaucer.
Wiktionary
                    refut
                    
                        
                
                                                                    n. (context obsolete English) refuge