| deathwatch | 1. <zoology> 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. A small wingless insect, of the family Psocidae, which makes a similar but fainter sound; called also deathtick. "She is always seeing apparitions and hearing deathwatches." (Addison) "I did not hear the dog howl, mother, or the deathwatch beat." (Tennyson) 2. The guard set over a criminal before his execution. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| deathwatch | bores through wood making a ticking sound popularly thought to presage death |
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| deathwatch | minute wingless psocopterous insects injurious to books and papers |
| deathwatch | bores through wood making a ticking sound popularly thought to presage death |
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