An animal, esp. an ox or a horse.

A living being in general; a creature. Obsolete.

A beast: usually a quadruped, as distinguished from birds and fishes; but sometimes, like beast, applied to animals of lower orders. Obsolete.

An animal (in a general sense); a creature of the kind that is sentient but not generally considered to have the capacity for rational thought (in…

A beast of burden, also a beast in general.

A living or animate being; an animal, often as distinct from a person.

A living organism which feeds on organic matter, typically having specialized sense organs and a nervous system and able to respond rapidly to…

A single (esp. domesticated) animal; a beast. Chiefly in plural. Now rare.

(See quot. 1549.)

A living creature; an animal.

A human being. man or beast: a human being or any other kind of animal; frequently in negative phrases, as no use to man or beast.

A person who or thing which breathes; (hence) a living being; a person or animal.

A person or thing regarded as sharing, with another specified person or thing, the fact of being a product of divine creation; (in a more secular…

= Latin fauni ficarii (see Forcellini at ficarius).

An animal, a beast; spec. an ox or cow; a horse; a chicken; a person (usually disparaging).

An animal or thing. Often affectionate, humorous, or ironic.

A hideously ugly animal. Obsolete. rare.

In South African use applied to animals.