Deathwatch word meaning and definition
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Meaning and definition for "deathwatch" word
[noun] bores through wood making a ticking sound popularly thought to presage death
(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 by superstitious people to presage death.
(b) A small wingless insect, of the family {Psocid[ae]}, 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.
Synonyms for deathwatch
book louse, booklouse, deathwatch beetle, Liposcelis divinatorius, Xestobium rufovillosum
See also: Anobiidae | beetle | common booklouse | family Anobiidae | genus Liposcelis | Liposcelis | psocopterous insect | Trogium pulsatorium |
Related terms: agony, burial service, death agonies, death groan, death rattle, death struggle, death throes, deathbed, dirge, dying breath, eulogy, exequies, extreme unction, extremity, final extremity, funeral oration, funeral rites, last agony, last breath, last duty, last gasp, last honors, last offices, last rites, moribundity, obsequies, requiem, requiem mass, throes of death, viaticum, wake
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Let's analyse "deathwatch" as pure text. This string has Ten letters in Two syllables and Three vowels. 30% of vowels is 8.6% less then average English word. Written in backwards: HCTAWHTAED. Average typing speed for these characters is 2770 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
deathwatch: 5 + 1 + 1 = 7, reduced: 7 . and the final result is Seven. |
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