Beetle — Defs

01 n. A heavy mallet, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc.

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A heavy mallet, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc.
2.
A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a hammering process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; -- called also beetling machine. Also: beetling machine

02 v. t. To beat with a heavy mallet.

imp. & p. p. Beetled; p. pr. & vb. n. Beetling

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To beat with a heavy mallet.
2.
To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine; as, to beetle cotton goods.

03 n. Any insect of the order Coleoptera, having four wings, the outer pair being stiff cases for covering the others when they are folded up. Se…

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Any insect of the order Coleoptera, having four wings, the outer pair being stiff cases for covering the others when they are folded up. See Coleoptera. See: Coleoptera

Phrases & compounds

Beetle mite — one of many species of mites, of the family Oribatidæ, parasitic on beetles.

Black beetle — the common large black cockroach (Blatta orientalis).

04 v. i. To extend over and beyond the base or support; to overhang; to jut.

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To extend over and beyond the base or support; to overhang; to jut.
“To the dreadful summit of the cliff That beetles o'er his base into the sea.” — Shak.

“Each beetling rampart, and each tower sublime.” — Wordsworth.