LekhoriLekhoriAny of numerous species of insect in the order Coleoptera characterized by a pair of hard, shell-like front wings which cover and protect a pair of rear wings when at rest.
A game of chance in which players attempt to complete a drawing of a beetle, different dice rolls allowing them to add the various body parts.
Guessing competitions were tackled with much enthusiasm, followed by a beetle drive, and judging by the laughter, this was popular with all.
A type of mallet with a large wooden head, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc.
A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a hammering process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; a beetling machine.
Archaic spelling of betel.
Scatter black sand, and offer camphor, sandal, flowers, beetle-leaves, and all sorts of fragrance.
A small car, the Volkswagen Beetle (original version made 1938–2003, similar models made 1997–2010 and since 2011).
To move (away) quickly, to scurry away.
He beetled off on his vacation.
To loom over; to extend or jut (above).
Protruding, jutting, overhanging.
beetle brows
From Middle English bitle, bityl, bytylle, from Old English bitula, bitela, bītel (“beetle”), from Proto-West Germanic *bitilō, *bītil, from Proto-Germanic *bitilô, *bītilaz (“that which tends to bite...
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The heavy chimney beetled over the thatched roof.
To beat with a heavy mallet.