Litter

·vi To produce a litter.

II. Litter ·vi To be supplied with litter as bedding; to sleep or make one's bed in litter.

III. Litter ·vt To supply with litter, as cattle; to cover with litter, as the floor of a stall.

IV. Litter ·noun Things lying scattered about in a manner indicating slovenliness; scattered rubbish.

V. Litter ·noun The young brought forth at one time, by a sow or other multiparous animal, taken collectively. Also Fig.

VI. Litter ·vt To put into a confused or disordered condition; to strew with scattered articles; as, to litter a room.

VII. Litter ·noun Straw, hay, ·etc., scattered on a floor, as bedding for animals to rest on; also, a covering of straw for plants.

VIII. Litter ·noun A bed or stretcher so arranged that a person, ·esp. a sick or wounded person, may be easily carried in or upon it.

IX. Litter ·noun Disorder or untidiness resulting from scattered rubbish, or from thongs lying about uncared for; as, a room in a state of litter.

X. Litter ·vt To give birth to; to Bear;

— said of brutes, ·esp. those which produce more than one at a birth, and also of human beings, in abhorrence or contempt.