eft
1a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens(red eft ), in its immature terrestrial stage.
Obsolete. a lizard.
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1Words Nearby eft
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How to use eft in a sentence
Me were leouere godd hit wite do me toward rome; en forte biginnen hit eft forte donne.
God hit wot me were leouere uorto don me touward rome; en uorto biginnen hit eft forto donne.
The scribe has misplaced eft agen; it should come before to chirche.
And he smote eft another buffet, that he avoided his saddle; and so he rode by, and thrust forth to the thickest.
Le Morte D'Arthur, Volume II (of II) | Thomas MaloryIn ward wary the watcher hearing come that man mildhearted eft rising with swire ywimpled to him her gate wide undid.
Ulysses | James Joyce
British Dictionary definitions for eft (1 of 2)
/ (ɛft) /
a dialect or archaic name for a newt
any of certain terrestrial newts, such as Diemictylus viridescens (red eft) of eastern North America
Origin of eft
1British Dictionary definitions for eft (2 of 2)
/ (ɛft) /
archaic
again
afterwards
Origin of eft
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