Synonyms for deathwatch
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : deth-woch, -wawch |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɛθˌwɒtʃ, -ˌwɔtʃ |
Définition of deathwatch
- As in wake : noun formal observance of a body before funeral
- In the wainscot of the room a deathwatch ticked its doleful omen.
- Extract from : « The Golden Dog » by William Kirby
- The deathwatch, like conscience, doth make cowards of us all.
- Extract from : « George Cruikshank's Omnibus » by George Cruikshank
- Every pulse-beat is in exact time with the cricket's chant and the tickings of the deathwatch in the wall.
- Extract from : « Excursions and Poems » by Henry David Thoreau
- It sounds to me like the echoing tick, tick of some great beetle; like the sort of noise which a deathwatch makes, you know.
- Extract from : « The Lock And Key Library » by Various
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- take one's death
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