beetling
Collocations
5ADJ.
beneath, complete, o'er
VERB + BEETLING
ground
BEETLING + NOUN
brows, midmost
PREP.
with
ADV.
immediately
Definitions
noun
The process by which fabrics, etc. are beetled, or beaten with a mallet.
A jutting or protrusion.
These gave place at last to things less and less unspeakable; till at last, from beneath the very brow of the beetlings and the menacings of the Terror Stone came the audible words of Pierre:—
adj
Jutting or protruding, especially of a person's brows.
As I anticipated, we had passed right through the precipice, and were now on the farther side, and immediately beneath its beetling face.
The beetling head of the cliff projected over the cane-brake.
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Synonyms
adjective — jutting or overhanging
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
5These gave place at last to things less and less unspeakable; till at last, from beneath the very brow of the beetlings and the menacings of the Terror Stone came the audible words of Pierre:—
WiktionaryAs I anticipated, we had passed right through the precipice, and were now on the farther side, and immediately beneath its beetling face.
WiktionaryThe beetling head of the cliff projected over the cane-brake.
WiktionaryPut a clay pipe in [Richard] Nixon’s mouth and a hod on his shoulder or a shillelagh in his hand, and there, complete with beetling brows and uptilted nose, is the original of the old cartoon stereoty
WiktionaryOnward it came, smooth-sliding on the ground, / an, beetling, o'er the midmost city frowned.
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