Beast /(bēst)/

Beast

n.
  1. Any living creature; an animal; -- including man, insects, etc. [Obs.]
  2. Any four-footed animal, that may be used for labor, food, or sport; as, a beast of burden.
    A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast.
    — Prov. xii. 10.
  3. any animal other than a human; -- opposed to man.
    'Tain't a fit night out for man nor beast.
    — W. C. Fields.
  4. Fig.: A coarse, brutal, filthy, or degraded fellow.
  5. A game at cards similar to loo. [Obs.]
  6. A penalty at beast, omber, etc. Hence: To be beasted, to be beaten at beast, omber, etc.

Phrases & Compounds
Beast royal
the lion.