English English Dictionary

Any four-footed animal, that may be used for labor, food, or sport; as, a beast of burden.

Fig.: A coarse, brutal, filthy, or degraded fellow.

Any living creature; an animal; -- including man, insects, etc.

A game at cards similar to loo.

A penalty at beast, omber, etc. Hence: To be beasted, to be beaten at beast, omber, etc.

As opposed to man: Any irrational animal.

State or nature of a beast.

See Biestings.

Beastliness.

Like a beast.

The state or quality of being beastly.

Characterizing the nature of a beast; contrary to the nature and dignity of man; brutal; filthy.

Abominable; as, beastly weather.

Pertaining to, or having the form, nature, or habits of, a beast.

To cheat; to chouse; to swindle; to defraud; -- often with out.

To overcome in a battle, contest, strife, race, game, etc.; to vanquish or conquer; to surpass.

A stroke; a blow.

To give the signal for, by beat of drum; to sound by beat of drum; as, to beat an alarm, a charge, a parley, a retreat; to beat the general, the reveille, the tattoo. See Alarm, Charge, Parley, etc.

To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.

To tread, as a path.