Vocabulary : Beeswax to Beetlehead

Beeswax : The wax secreted by bees, and of which their cells are constructed.
Beeswing : The second crust formed in port and some other wines after long keeping. It consists of pure, shining scales of tartar, supposed to resemble the wing of a bee.
Beet : A biennial plant of the genus Beta, which produces an edible root the first year and seed the second year. ;; The root of plants of the genus Beta, different species and varieties of which are used for the table, for feeding stock, or in making sugar.
Beet radish : Same as Beetrave.
Beete : Alt. of Bete

Beetle : A heavy mallet, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc. ;; A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a hammering process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; -- called also beetling machine. ;; To beat with a heavy mallet. ;; To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine; as, to beetle cotton goods. ;; 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. ;; To extend over and beyond the base or support; to overhang; to jut.
Beetle brow : An overhanging brow.
Beetle-browed : Having prominent, overhanging brows; hence, lowering or sullen.
Beetled : of Beetle
Beetlehead : A stupid fellow; a blockhead. ;; The black-bellied plover, or bullhead (Squatarola helvetica). See Plover.

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