1. An insect. 5-16ths of an inch long, inhabiting old wooden furniture, that makes a ticking like the beat of a watch, which, though only the call of the male for its mate, was supposed to prognosticate death.

Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language By Nuttall, P.Austin

• deathwaatch,
• deathwath,
• seath-watch,
• xeath-watch,
• ceath-watch,
• feath-watch,
• reath-watch,
• eeath-watch,
• dwath-watch,
• dsath-watch,
• ddath-watch,
• drath-watch,
• d4ath-watch,
• d3ath-watch,
• dezth-watch,
• desth-watch,
• dewth-watch,
• deqth-watch,
• dearh-watch,
• deafh-watch

The adjective form of the word "death-watch" is "death-watch".

The plural of the "Death-watch" can be the "death-watches".

The singular of the "Death-watch" can be the "Death-watch".