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Beetle

Bee′tle

(bē′t’l)
,
Noun.
[OE.
betel
, AS.
bītl
,
b[GREEK]tl
, mallet, hammer, fr.
beátan
to beat. See
Beat
,
Verb.
T.
]
1.
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
.
Knight.

Bee′tle

(bē′t’l)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Beetled
(-t’ld)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Beetling
.]
1.
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
.

Bee′tle

,
Noun.
[OE.
bityl
,
bittle
, AS.
bītel
, fr.
bītan
to bite. See
Bite
,
Verb.
T.
]
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
.
Beetle mite
(Zool.)
,
one of many species of mites, of the family
Oribatidæ
, parasitic on beetles.
Black beetle
,
the common large black cockroach (
Blatta orientalis
).

Bee′tle

,
Verb.
I.
[See
Beetlebrowed
.]
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.
Shakespeare
Each
beetling
rampart, and each tower sublime.
Wordsworth.