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beetle

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Definition:
1. to scurry away
2. to jut out or extend over
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To the dreadful summit of the cliff / That beetles o'er his base into the sea.

William Shakespeare. Hamlet
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At night-time they chose the base of a beetling crag, where the rocks offered some protection from the chill wind,

Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Scarlet
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The man in the mask, walking slowly as in a solemn dance, approached the edge of the beetling precipice.

Grant Allen. The White Man's Foot
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