Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
beetle, beetling
(adjective) jutting or overhanging; “beetle brows”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
beetling
present participle of beetle
beetling (plural beetlings)
The process by which fabrics, etc. are beetled, or beaten with a mallet.
beetling (not comparable)
Jutting or protruding, especially of a person's brows.
Source: Wiktionary
Bee"tle, n. Etym: [OE. betel, AS. bitl, b, mallet, hammer, fr. beátan to beat. See Beat, v. t.]
1. A heavy mallet, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc.
2. A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a hammering process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; -- called also beetling machine. Knight.
Bee"tle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beetled; p. pr. & vb. n. Beetling.]
1. To beat with a heavy mallet.
2. To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine; as, to beetle cotton goods.
Bee"tle, n. Etym: [OE. bityl, bittle, AS. b, fr. b to bite. See Bite, v. t.]
Definition: 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. Beetle mite (Zoöl.), one of many species of mites, of the family Oribatidæ, parasitic on beetles.
– Black beetle, the common large black cockroach (Blatta orientalis).
Bee"tle, v. i. Etym: [See Beetlebrowed.]
Definition: To extend over and beyond the base or support; to overhang; to jut. To the dreadful summit of the cliff That beetles o'er his base into the sea. Shak. Each beetling rampart, and each tower sublime. Wordsworth.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 June 2025
(adverb) in a dispirited manner without hope; “the first Mozartian opera to be subjected to this curious treatment ran dispiritedly for five performances”
Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.