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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Newt, n.

noun

(nūt), n. [O. Eng. ewt, evet, Prov. Eng. eft, A-S. efete, with n prefixed. See EFT.] A small lizard; an eft.

An illustrated newt crawling over a horizontal surface beside tufts of grass.
Newt (Natrix torquata).