deathwatch
1Deathwatch — Death watch (?; 224), n. 1. (Zo[ o]l.) (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 …
2deathwatch — [deth′wäch΄] n. 1. a vigil kept beside a dead or dying person 2. a guard set over a person soon to be executed 3. any of various insects, esp. any of a family (Anobiidae) of wood burrowing beetles whose heads make a tapping sound superstitiously… …
3Deathwatch — The term Deathwatch may refer to: Deathwatch (play), French playwright Jean Genet s earliest play (Haute Surveillance) Jean Genet s play Haute Surveillance, produced by Vic Morrow and Leonard Nimoy, directed by Morrow and starring Nimoy… …
4Deathwatch — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel Deathwatch Produktionsland Vereinigtes Königreich, Deutschland, Frank …
5deathwatch — n. to maintain a deathwatch * * * to maintain a deathwatch …
6deathwatch — I. noun Etymology: death + watch (timepiece); from the superstition that its ticking presages death Date: 1646 a small insect that makes a ticking sound; especially deathwatch beetle II. noun Etymology: death + watch (vigil) Date: circa 1890 …
7deathwatch — /deth woch , wawch /, n. 1. a vigil beside a dying or dead person. 2. a guard set over a condemned person before execution. 3. Also called deathwatch beetle. any of several beetles of the family Anobiidae that make a ticking sound as they bore… …
8deathwatch — noun 1. minute wingless psocopterous insects injurious to books and papers • Syn: ↑booklouse, ↑book louse, ↑Liposcelis divinatorius • Hypernyms: ↑psocopterous insect • Hyponyms: ↑common booklouse, ↑ …
9Deathwatch (comics) — Deathwatch Deathwatch Publication information Publisher Marvel Comics First appearance …
10Deathwatch (novel) — Deathwatch   …
