Bee"tle , v. 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.
Shak.
Each beetling rampart, and each tower sublime.
Wordsworth.
Bee"tle , n. [OE.
bityl, bittle, AS. bītel, fr. bītan 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.
Beetle mite (Zoöl.), one of many species of mites, of the family
Oribatidæ, parasitic on beetles. --
Black beetle, the common large black cockroach (Blatta orientalis).
Bee"tle (bē"t'l), v. 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 (bē"t'l), n. [OE. betel, AS. bītl, b&?;tl, mallet, hammer, fr. beátan to beat. See
Beat, v. 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.
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