LITTER (2)

litter (2). Litter, n. a sedan, straw, brood of pigs, confusion

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Lit″ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Littered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Littering.] 1. 1. To supply with litter, as cattle; to cover with litter, as the floor of a stall.
Tell them how they litter their jades. Bp. Hacke�. For his ease, well littered was the floor. Dryden. 2. 2. To put into a confused or disordered condition; to strew with scattered articles; as, to litter a room.
The room with volumes littered round. Swift. 3. 3. 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.
We might conceive that dogs were created blind, because we observe they were littered so with us. Sir T. Browne. The son that she did litter here, A freckled whelp hagborn. Shak.