Swedish Meaning of deathwatch
Dödsvaka
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Definitions and Meaning of deathwatch in English
deathwatch (n)
minute wingless psocopterous insects injurious to books and papers
bores through wood making a ticking sound popularly thought to presage death
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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Dödsvaka
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 => dödlig, deathtrap => dödsfälla, deathsman => bödel, death's-herb => Dödliga nätter, death's-head moth => Dödskallefjäril,
