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<p><b>2.</b> <def>A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a hammering process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; -- called also <altname>beetling machine</altname>.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

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<hw>Bee"tle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Beetled</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Beetling</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To beat with a heavy mallet.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine; <as>as, to <ex>beetle</ex> cotton goods</as>.</def>

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<hw>Bee"tle</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>bityl</ets>, <ets>bittle</ets>, AS. <ets>b<?/tel</ets>, fr. <ets>b<?/tan</ets> to bite. See <er>Bite</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>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 <er>Coleoptera</er>.</def>

<cs><col>Beetle mite</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>one of many species of mites, of the family <spn>Oribatid\'91</spn>, parasitic on beetles.</cd> -- <col>Black beetle</col>, <cd>the common large black cockroach (<spn>Blatta orientalis</spn>).</cd></cs>

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<hw>Bee"tle</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Beetlebrowed</er>.]</ety> <def>To extend over and beyond the base or support; to overhang; to jut.</def>

<blockquote>To the dreadful summit of the cliff That <b>beetles</b> o'er his base into the sea. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Each <b>beetling</b> rampart, and each tower sublime. <i>Wordsworth.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Bee"tle brow`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>An overhanging brow.</def>

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<hw>Bee"tle-browed`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, a. <ety>[OE. <ets>bitelbrowed</ets>; cf. OE. <ets>bitel</ets>, adj., sharp, projecting, n., a beetle. See <er>Beetle</er> an insect.]</ety> <def>Having prominent, overhanging brows; hence, lowering or sullen.</def>

<note>&hand; The earlier meaning was, "Having bushy or overhanging eyebrows."</note>

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<hw>Bee"tle*head`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Beetle</ets> a mallet + <ets>head</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A stupid fellow; a blockhead.</def>

<i>Sir W. Scott.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The black-bellied plover, or bullhead (<spn>Squatarola helvetica</spn>). See <er>Plover</er>.</def>

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<hw>Bee"tle-head`ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Dull; stupid.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

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<hw>Bee"tle*stock`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The handle of a beetle.</def>