Definition of "et"

So we got to talking together while he et his breakfast.

1896, Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain), Tom Sawyer, Detective

'Boss,' says the cabby, 'I et a steak in that restaurant once. If you're real hungry, I advise you to try the saddle-shops first.'

1907, O. Henry, Seats of the Haughty‎

Well, I don't care if he does! I can remember the time when he et a good old-fashioned supper.

1919, Bess Streeter Aldrich, A Long-Distance Call From Jim‎

Yer can't expect folk to stop here for ever just to be et by you and Bert.

1937, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

It must have been somethin’ I et!

1946 February 18, Life magazine

They eat to grow, grow to die / Die to be et at the hamburger fry.

1996, Dana Lyons, Cows with Guns

Something I et?

2001, Richard Williams, The Animator's Survival Kit, page 220