bee·tle 3 
(bētl)
(bētl)n.
1. A heavy mallet with a large wooden head.
2. A small wooden household mallet.
3. A machine with revolving wooden hammers that gives fabrics a lustrous sheen.
[Middle English betel, from Old English bȳtl; see bhau- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
- pointedness
- pointer
- pointe shoe
- point guard
- pointillism
- pointillist
- pointillistic
- pointing device
- point lace
- pointless
- pointlessly
- pointlessness
- point man
- point mutation
- point of honor
- point of no return
- point of order
- point of sale
- point-of-sale
- point-of-service
- point of service
- point of view
- point-shaving
- point source
- point spread