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Deathwatch

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death⋅watch

  [deth-woch, -wawch]
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–noun
1. a vigil beside a dying or dead person.
2. a guard set over a condemned person before execution.
3. Also called deathwatch beetle. any of several beetles of the family Anobiidae that make a ticking sound as they bore through wood: the sound was once believed to be an omen of death.
Origin:
1660–70; death + watch
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death·watch   (děth'wŏch')   
n.  

  1. A vigil kept beside a dying or dead person.

  2. One who guards a condemned person before execution.

  3. A deathwatch beetle.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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