beetling

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Beetling his forested brows, John L. Lewis strode majestically into the Senate Labor Committee's hearing room last week to testify on the proposed amendments to the Taft-Hartley law.

From Time Magazine Archive

Above no pinion cleaves its way,    Save when the eagle’s wing, as now,    With sweep imperial shades thy brow Beetling and grey.

From Reviews by Wilde, Oscar

Beetling precipices shut off the direct light of the moonbeams and left the abyss again in dense darkness long before the coming of the laggard dawn.

From Out of the Depths A Romance of Reclamation by Brehm, George

Beetling rocks reared high above his head, just discernible in the gloom, for it was night.

From Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt by Mitford, Bertram

Beetling is a process by which a peculiar linen-like appearance and a leathery feel or handle are imparted to cotton fabrics, the process being also employed for improving the appearance of linen goods.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" by Various