Bes"tial (?), a. [F. bestial, L.
bestialis, fr. bestia beast. See Beast.]
1. Belonging to a beast, or to the class of
beasts.
Among the bestial herds to range.
Milton.
2. Having the qualities of a beast; brutal; below
the dignity of reason or humanity; irrational; carnal; beastly;
sensual. Shak.
Syn. -- Brutish; beastly; brutal; carnal; vile; low; depraved;
sensual; filthy.
Bes"tial, n. A domestic animal; also
collectively, cattle; as, other kinds of bestial. [Scot.]