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Deathwatch 1

Definition: 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.

Deathwatch 2

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

Deathwatch 3

Definition: The guard set over a criminal before his execution.

deathwatch 4

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

deathwatch 5

Definition: minute wingless psocopterous insects injurious to books and papers

 

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