Hebrew Meaning of deathwatch

שִׁמּוּר מֵת / שְמִירָה

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Definitions and Meaning of deathwatch in English

Wordnet

deathwatch (n)

minute wingless psocopterous insects injurious to books and papers

bores through wood making a ticking sound popularly thought to presage death

Webster

deathwatch (n.)

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.

A small wingless insect, of the family Psocidae, which makes a similar but fainter sound; -- called also deathtick.

The guard set over a criminal before his execution.

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שִׁמּוּר מֵת / שְמִירָה

minute wingless psocopterous insects injurious to books and papers, bores through wood making a ticking sound popularly thought to presage deathA small beetle (

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deathward => קטלני, deathtrap => מלכודת מוות, deathsman => תַּלָּיָן, death's-herb => דודאים, death's-head moth => ראש מוות,