Deathwatch

[Death·watch`]

Bores through wood making a ticking sound popularly thought to presage death

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A small beetle (Anobium tessellatum and other allied species). By forcibly striking its head against woodwork it makes a ticking sound, which is a call of the sexes to each other, but has been imagined by superstitious people to presage death.

Noun
bores through wood making a ticking sound popularly thought to presage death

Noun
minute wingless psocopterous insects injurious to books and papers


n.
A small beetle (Anobium tessellatum and other allied species). By forcibly striking its head against woodwork it makes a ticking sound, which is a call of the sexes to each other, but has been imagined by superstitious people to presage death.

n.
A small wingless insect, of the family Psocidae, which makes a similar but fainter sound; -- called also deathtick.

n.
The guard set over a criminal before his execution.


Deathwatch

Death"watch` (?; 224), n. 1. (Zo'94l.) (a) A small beetle (Anobium tessellatum and other allied species). By forcibly striking its head against woodwork it makes a ticking sound, which is a call of the sexes to each other, but has been imagined by superstitious people to presage death. (b) A small wingless insect, of the family Psocid'91, which makes a similar but fainter sound; -- called also deathtick.
She is always seeing apparitions and hearing deathwatches.
I did not hear the dog howl, mother, or the deathwatch beat.
2. The guard set over a criminal before his execution.

A small beetle (Anobium tessellatum and other allied species). By forcibly striking its head against woodwork it makes a ticking sound, which is a call of the sexes to each other, but has been imagined by superstitious people to presage death.

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