Definition of deathwatch
English to English noun - minute wingless psocopterous insects injurious to books and papers
source: WordNet 3.0 - bores through wood making a ticking sound popularly thought to presage death
source: WordNet 3.0 - 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.
source: Webster 1913
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deathwatch, day watch, death wish, diathetic, death tax, death house, dietetic, dacha, dahak, dahas, dietetics, dawag, detick, dawish, dietic, dachau, dehisce, deutzia, deadish, dachsie
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