(1):

(v. t.) To beat with a heavy mallet.

(2):

(v. t.) Any insect of the order Coleoptera, having four wings, the outer pair being stiff cases for covering the others when they are folded up. See Coleoptera.

(3):

(v. i.) To extend over and beyond the base or support; to overhang; to jut.

(4):

(v. t.) A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a hammering process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; - called also beetling machine.

(5):

(v. t.) A heavy mallet, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc.

(6):

(v. t.) To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine; as, to beetle cotton goods.