6. A penalty at beast, omber, etc. Hence: To be beasted, to be beaten at beast, omber, etc.
Beast royal, the lion. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Syn. -- Beast, Brute. When we use these words in a figurative sense, as applicable to human beings, we think of beasts as mere animals governed by animal appetite; and of brutes as being destitute of reason or moral feeling, and governed by unrestrained passion. Hence we speak of beastly appetites; beastly indulgences, etc.; and of brutal manners; brutal inhumanity; brutal ferocity. So, also, we say of a drunkard, that he first made himself a beast, and then treated his family like a brute.
Beast"hood (&?;), n. State or nature of a beast.
Beast"ings (&?;), n. pl. See Biestings.
Beast"li*head (&?;), n. [Beastly + -head state.] Beastliness. [Obs.] Spenser.
Beast"like" (&?;), a. Like a beast.
Beast"li*ness, n. The state or quality of being beastly.
Beast"ly (bst"l), a. 1. Pertaining to, or having the form, nature, or habits of, a beast.
Beastly divinities and droves of gods.
Prior.
2. Characterizing the nature of a beast; contrary to the nature and dignity of man; brutal; filthy.
The beastly vice of drinking to excess.
Swift.