beetling
verb
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To move away quickly, to scurry away.
Example: He beetled off on his vacation.
verb
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To loom over; to extend or jut.
Example: The heavy chimney beetled over the thatched roof.
verb
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To beat with a heavy mallet.
To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine.
Example: to beetle cotton goods
noun
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The process by which fabrics, etc. are beetled, or beaten with a mallet.
adjective
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Jutting or protruding, especially of a person's brows.