(bēt′l) noun
1. Any coleopterous insect having biting mouth parts and hard, horny elytra that serve as a cover for the membranous posterior wings when at rest. For illustrations see under INSECT.
2. Loosely, any insect resembling a beetle.
3. A short-sighted or intellectually blind person; a blockhead.
—adjective Shaggy; overhanging: a beetle brow: also bee′tling.
—v.i. ·tled, ·tling To jut out; overhang. [OE bitula < bītan bite]

(bēt′l) noun
1. A heavy wooden hammer or mallet; a maul.
2. A pestle or mallet for pounding clothes, or for various other purposes, as mashing potatoes.
3. A beetling machine.
—v.t. ·tled, ·tling To beat or stamp with or as with a beetle, mallet, beetling machine, etc. [OE bīetel mallet < bēatan beat]