BEETLE
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Bee"tle (b&ē;"t'l), n. [OE. betel, AS. b&ī;tl, b&unr_;tl, mallet, hammer, fr. beátan to beat. See Beat, v. t.] 1. A heavy mallet, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc.
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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.
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Bee"tle (b&ē;"t'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beetled (-t'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Beetling.] 1. To beat with a heavy mallet.
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2. To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine; as, to beetle cotton goods.
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Bee"tle, n. [OE. bityl, bittle, AS. b&ī;tel, fr. b&ī;tan to bite. See Bite, v. 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.
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Beetle mite (Zo&ö;l.), one of many species of mites, of the family Oribatidæ, parasitic on beetles. -- Black beetle, the common large black cockroach (Blatta orientalis).
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Bee"tle, v. i. [See Beetlebrowed.] To extend over and beyond the base or support; to overhang; to jut.
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To the dreadful summit of the cliff
That beetles o'er his base into the sea.
Shak.
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Each beetling rampart, and each tower sublime.
Wordsworth.
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