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beast from late Middle English (in Wyclif's translation of the Bible), the Beast was a name for Antichrist (see also the mark of the beast, the number of the beast).
Beast of Belsen a byname for Josef Kramer (1906–45), German commandant of Belsen concentration camp from December 1944, who in 1945 was tried before a British military tribunal and executed. Beast of Bodmin Moor the name given to a panther-like creature supposedly living in the Bodmin Moor area; despite reports of such feral cats from the early 1990s, no conclusive proof for their existence has yet been demonstrated. Beast of Bolsover the nickname of the Labour politician Dennis Skinner (1932– ), MP for Bolsover in Derbyshire and noted for his abrasive manner and left-wing views. beast with two backs a term for a man and woman in the act of sexual intercourse; originally as a quotation from Shakespeare's Othello (1602–4). Earlier Rabelais had had, ‘faire la bête à deux dos [do the two-backed beast together]’. |
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "beast." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "beast." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-beast.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "beast." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-beast.html |
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beast / bēst/ • n. an animal, esp. a large or dangerous four-footed one: a wild beast. ∎ (usu. beasts) a domestic animal, esp. a bovine farm animal. ∎ an inhumanly cruel, violent, or depraved person: he is a filthy drunken beast. ∎ inf. an objectionable or unpleasant person or thing: a scheming, manipulative little beast. ∎ (the beast) a person's brutish or untamed characteristics: the beast in you is rearing its ugly head. ∎ inf. a thing or concept possessing a particular quality: that much-maligned beast, the rave record. |
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"beast." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "beast." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-beast.html "beast." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-beast.html |
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beast Mammals as distinct from birds or fish (Gen. 1: 30) either wild (as in Mark. 1: 13) or capable of being tamed; divided by the Jews into clean and unclean. In Dan. 7 the four great oppressing nations are symbolized by beasts, and this is taken over by Revelation where the beast from the abyss (sea) in 11: 7 is the anti-Christian power of Rome, indicated by the ‘seven hills’ of Rev. 17: 9. Mark 1: 13 may be pointing the contrast between Jesus, with whom the beasts are at peace, and the enmity and disruption which has prevailed from the time of Adam—a hint of paradise restored.
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W. R. F. BROWNING. "beast." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. W. R. F. BROWNING. "beast." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O94-beast.html W. R. F. BROWNING. "beast." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O94-beast.html |
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beast XIII. — OF. beste (mod. bête) — L. bestia. Beast displaced deer and was itself largely displaced by animal.
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T. F. HOAD. "beast." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "beast." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-beast.html T. F. HOAD. "beast." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-beast.html |
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•arriviste, artiste, batiste, beast, dirigiste, east, feast, least, Mideast, modiste, northeast, piste, priest, southeast, uncreased, unreleased, yeast
•wildebeest • hartebeest • beanfeast
•anapaest (US anapest)
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"beast." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "beast." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-beast.html "beast." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-beast.html |
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