beetle (2) (tle as tel)

i. [A.S. bitel = biting or sharp.) To jut out or hang over, as some cliffs do. "Or to the dreadful summit of the cliff, That beetles o'er his base into the sea." Shakesp.: Hamlet , 1. 4. bee'-tled (tled as teld), pa . par. & adj. [BEETLE, v.t. ] be'et-ling, pr . par . & a. [BEETLE, v. (1).] bē'et-ling, pr. par . & a. [BEETLE (2), v.t.] "On beetling cliffs, or pent in ruins deep, They, till due time shail serve, were bid far hence." Thomson Castle of Indolence, i. 46. * beetling-machine, s. A machine formerly in use for beetling or beating cloth as it was slowly wound on a revolving roller. beet'-răd'-ish, s. [Eng. beet; radish .] A plant, the same as BEETRAVE (q.v.).