a. Obs.; also 7 beluin. [ad. L. belluīn-us, f. bellua beast: see -INE.] Pertaining to or characteristic of beasts; brutal.
1618. Mynshul, Ess. Prison, 35. Barbarous cruelty is a Belluine quality.
1702. C. Mather, Magn. Chr., VII. vi. (1852), 575. The dying beast, with belluine rage, got such hold on his head.
a. 1731. Atterbury, Serm. (1740), II. 28 (J.). At this rate, the animal and belluine Life would be the best.
1843. Manchester Courier, 24 June, 3/3. By its [the dog’s] belluine cries indicated that it was in deep distress.
