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| bee·tle [ bt'l ] |
noun (plural bee·tles) |
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1. large mallet: a large tool with a long handle and a heavy wooden head. Use: driving in stakes, ramming, pounding.
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2. textile-finishing machine: a machine that beats cloth to give it a smooth finish
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transitive verb (past and past participle bee·tled, present participle bee·tling, 3rd person present singular bee·tles) |
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finish cloth: to give a finishing treatment to cloth with a beetle
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| [ Old English bētel, bīetel< Germanic] |
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