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One of the lower animals; a brute or beast, as distinguished from man; as, men and animals.

ng belief or confidence. I dare assure thee that no enemy Shall ever take alive the noble Brutus. Shak.

Unwilling; averse; reluctant; hesitating; loath. For wiser brutes were backward to be slaves. Pope.

A cruel, savage, brutal man; one destitute of pity or humanity. "Thou fell barbarian." Philips.

A barbarous, cruel, or brutal action; an outrage. A heinous barbarism . . . against the honor of marriage. Milton.

Metaphorically: A brutal, coarse, or morose person.

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

Characterizing the nature of a beast; contrary to the nature and dignity of man; brutal; filthy. The beastly vice of drinking to excess. Swift.

Pertaining to, or like, a beast; brutal. [R.] Animal and belluine life. Atterbury.

A grandfather, or ancestor. "His great belsire Brute." [Obs.] Drayton.

Lower in rank, dignity, or excellence than; as, brutes are beneath man; man is beneath angels in the scale of beings. Hence: Unworthy of; unbecoming. He will do nothing that is beneath his high station. Atterbury.

Having the qualities of a beast; brutal; below the dignity of reason or humanity; irrational; carnal; beastly; sensual. Shak.

To make bestial, or like a beast; to degrade; to brutalize. The process of bestializing humanity. Hare.

A fish of the turbot kind; the brill. [Written also burt, bret, or brut.] [Prov. Eng.]

Swinish; brutal; cruel. In his anointed flesh stick boarish fangs. Shak.

turbulence; violent; rough; stormy. The waters swell before a boisterous storm. Shak. The brute and boisterous force of violent men. Milton.

Beastly; brutal. [Obs.] Bale.

To throw by bucking. See Buck, v. i., 2. The brute that he was riding had nearly bucked him out of the saddle. W. E. Norris.

A coarse, brutal fellow. [Obs.] Mir. for Mag.

and I have a common interest in the property. Though life and sense be common to men and brutes. Sir M. Hale.