DEATHWATCH

booklouse, book louse, deathwatch, Liposcelis divinatorius

(noun) minute wingless psocopterous insects injurious to books and papers

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

deathwatch (plural deathwatches)

A vigil beside a dying person

One who guards a condemned person before execution.

A deathwatch beetle.

Source: Wiktionary

Death"watch` (; 224), n.

1. (Zoöl.) (a) 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. (b) A small wingless insect, of the family Psocidæ, which makes a similar but fainter sound; -- called also deathtick. She is always seeing apparitions and hearing deathwatches. Addison. I did not hear the dog howl, mother, or the deathwatch beat. Tennyson.

2. The guard set over a criminal before his execution.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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