Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Eft

Eft , noun

[Anglo-Saxon efete lizard. See Newt.]

(a)
(Zoology) A European lizard of the genus Seps.
(b)
(Zoology) A salamander, esp. the European smooth newt (Triton punctatus).

Eft , adverb

[Anglo-Saxon eft, aft, again, back, afterward. See Aft, After.]

Again; afterwards; soon; quickly. [Obsolete]
I wold never eft comen into the snare. — Spenser