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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
beetle1
▶noun
- 1 an insect of a large order distinguished by having forewings modified into hard wing cases that cover and protect the hindwings and abdomen. [Order Coleoptera: many species.]
- 2 Brit. a dice game in which a picture of a beetle is drawn or assembled.
– origin OE bitula, bitela ‘biter’, from the base of bītan ‘to bite’.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
beetle2
▶noun
- 1 a very heavy mallet.
- 2 a machine used for heightening the lustre of cloth by pressure from rollers.
- 1 ram, crush, or drive in with a beetle.
- 2 finish (cloth) with a beetle.
– origin OE bētel, of Gmc origin.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
beetle3
▶verb (usu. as adj. beetling) (especially of a person's eyebrows) project or overhang.
– derivatives
beetle-browed adjective.
beetle-browed adjective.
– origin C16: back-form. from beetle-browed (ME).
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