beetle 2. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

beetle²

SYLLABICATION:	bee·tle
PRONUNCIATION:	btl
ADJECTIVE:	Jutting; overhanging: beetle brows.
INTRANSITIVE VERB:	Inflected forms: bee·tled, bee·tling, bee·tles To jut; overhang: “The rocks often beetled over the road” (Washington Irving).
ETYMOLOGY:	From Middle English bitel-brouwed, grim-browed : bitel, sharp (probably from Old English ^*bitol, biting, from Old English bite, bite; see bit²) + brouwed (from brow, brow; see brow).


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