death-watch

death-watch

n. to maintain a death-watch


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  • death-watch beetle — ˌdeath watch ˈbeetle f12 [death watch beetle death watch beetles] noun a small insect that eats into old wood, making sounds like a watch ↑ticking …   Useful english dictionary

  • death-watch beetle — ► NOUN ▪ a beetle whose larvae bore into dead wood and structural timbers. ORIGIN so called because it makes a sound like a watch ticking, formerly believed to portend death …   English terms dictionary

  • Death Watch - Der gekaufte Tod — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel: Death Watch – Der gekaufte Tod Originaltitel: La mort en direct Produktionsland: Frankreich, Deutschland, Großbritannien Erscheinungsjahr: 1980 Länge: 128 Minuten Origin …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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  • death watch — small insect that digs holes and lives in old furniture and makes mysterious clicking sound (in the past it was believed that this insect could foretell death) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • death-watch beetle — noun a small beetle whose larvae bore into and damage dead wood and structural timbers, making a sound like a watch ticking which was formerly believed to portend death. [Xestobium rufovillosum.] …   English new terms dictionary

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