deathwatch
deathwatch · deathwatches
дежурство у постели умершего, бодрствование у постели умирающего, точильщик пёстрый, книжная вошь
Totenwache
A vigil beside a dying personA vigil beside a dying person
/ˈdɛθwɒtʃ/
Meaning
3 sensesA vigil beside a dying person
Totenwache
дежу́рство у постели умершегоdežúrstvo u posteli umerševo, бо́дрствование у постели умирающегоbódrstvovanije u posteli umirajuščevo
One who guards a condemned person before execution.
A deathwatch beetle.
точильщик пёстрыйtočilʹščik pjóstryj, книжная вошьknižnaja vošʹ
More definitions
- bores through wood making a ticking sound popularly thought to presage death
- minute wingless psocopterous insects injurious to books and papers
Translations
2 languagesРусский
By meaning 2
a vigil beside a dying person:
a deathwatch beetle:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a vigil beside a dying person:
Origin
From death + watch.From death + watch.
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Forms
plural: deathwatches| Singular | deathwatch |
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Synonyms
5 synonymsClose in meaning
- bores through wood making a ticking sound popularly thought to presage death:deathwatch beetleXestobium rufovillosum
- minute wingless psocopterous insects injurious to books and papers:booklousebook louseLiposcelis divinatorius