† eft-
obs. Sc. form of aft (see aft 4); only in eft castle, eft ship, the after part of a ship, the poop: cf. after a., and forecastle.
| 1513 Douglas æneis iii. viii. 26 Furth of his eft schip a bekyn gart he stent. Ibid. v. iii. 58 The patrouns in eft castellis, fresche and gay, Stude. |