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beetling

verb

Meaning

  1. To move away quickly, to scurry away.
  2. To loom over; to extend or jut.
  3. To beat with a heavy mallet.
  4. To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine.
  5. The process by which fabrics, etc. are beetled, or beaten with a mallet.
  6. Jutting or protruding, especially of a person's brows.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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