| Beetle (beetle) |
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| n. | (b***emacr]"t'l) |
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| Bee"tle |
| [OE. betel,
AS. b***imacr]tl, b(?)tl, mallet, hammer, fr.
beátan to beat. See Beat, v. t.] |
A heavy mallet, used to drive wedges, beat
pavements, etc.
A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a
hammering process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; -- called
also beetling machine.
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| Beetle (beetle) |
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| v. t. | (b***emacr]"t'l) |
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| Bee"tle |
| [imp. ***
p. p. Beetled (-t'ld)] p. pr. *** vb. n.
Beetling.] |
To beat with a heavy
mallet.
To finish by subjecting to a hammering process
in a beetle or beetling machine] as, to beetle cotton
goods.
|
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 (beetle) |
|---|
| v. i. | |
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| Bee"tle |
|
To extend over and beyond the base or support; to overhang; to
jut.
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