ALL meanings of deathwatch
death·watch
D d - noun deathwatch a vigil held beside a dying or dead person 3
- noun deathwatch a vigil kept beside a dead or dying person 3
- noun deathwatch a guard set over a person soon to be executed 3
- noun deathwatch any of various insects, esp. any of a family (Anobiidae) of wood-burrowing beetles whose heads make a tapping sound superstitiously regarded as an omen of death 3
- noun deathwatch A vigil kept beside a dead or dying individual. 1
- noun deathwatch a vigil beside a dying or dead person. 1
- noun deathwatch a guard set over a condemned person before execution. 1
- noun deathwatch Also called deathwatch beetle. any of several beetles of the family Anobiidae that make a ticking sound as they bore through wood: the sound was once believed to be an omen of death. 1
- noun deathwatch A vigil beside a dying person. 0
- noun deathwatch One who guards a condemned person before execution. 0
- noun deathwatch A deathwatch beetle. 0