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单词 beetling
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beetlingn.

/ˈbiːtlɪŋ/
Etymology: Formed as beetle v.2 + -ing suffix1.
Beating with a beetle; embossing fabrics with a beetling-machine.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > [noun] > other tools or equipment
filinga1398
shovellingc1440
stamp1598
routing1846
stropping1850
beetling1859
screwdriving1864
lapping machine1877
lapping plate1877
side milling1878
broaching1888
hobbing1930
1859 Edinb. Rev. 109 302 The care of the crop..the steeping, beetling, and dressing.
1859 S. Smiles Self-help 33 The beetling and mangling of textile fabrics.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

beetlingadj.

Etymology: < beetle v.1 + -ing suffix2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbeetling.
Projecting, overhanging.
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the world > space > relative position > high position > overhanging > [adjective]
hangingc1330
pendentc1425
beetled1509
bending1567
prependent1592
propendent1593
overwhelming1599
pendulous1608
impendent1611
incumbent1719
imminent1727
impending1730
beetling1744
pensilec1750
pending1756
superincumbent1785
shelvy1811
overbrowing1814
propensive1819
oversailing1833
beetle-browed1842
overhung1845
overhanging1860
overleaning1865
overreaching1890
cantilevered1910
1744 J. Thomson Spring in Seasons (new ed.) 21 The Hawk, High, in the beetling Cliff, his Airy builds.
1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. II. vi. iii. 94 From the beetling brow of some rocky precipice.
1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xxxvi. 141 His beetling brow almost obscured his eyes.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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