Beetle \Bee"tle\ (b[=e]"t'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beetled}
(-t'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Beetling}.]
1. To beat with a heavy mallet.
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2. To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle
or beetling machine; as, to beetle cotton goods.
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