Deathwatch

Definition of Deathwatch

Death´watch`
n.1.(Zool.) 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.
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.

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