beetled
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beetles, 3rd person singular present; beetled, past tense; beetled, past participle; beetling, present participle;
/ˈbētl/,
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beetles, 3rd person singular present; beetled, past tense; beetled, past participle; beetling, present participle;
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(of a person's eyebrows) Project or overhang threateningly
- - piercing eyes glittered beneath a great beetling brow
Web Definitions:
- (beetling) beetle: jutting or overhanging; "beetle brows"
- Beetling is the pounding of linen or cotton fabric to give a flat, lustrous effect.
- (Beetling) A mechanical treatment that uses beetlers or fallers to give fabric surfaces a flattered appearance. The spaces between warp and filling are covered up and tend to produce a high gloss to the material.
- a finishing process in which a fabric usually linen or cotton is pounded to produce a hard flat surface with a sheen.