DEATHSMAN
Deaths"man, n.
Defn: An executioner; a headsman or hangman. [Obs.] Shak.
DEATHWARD
Death"ward, adv.
Defn: Toward death.
DEATHWATCH
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.
DEAURATE De*au"rate, a. Etym: [L. deauratus, p. p. of deaurare to gild; de- + aurum gold.]
Defn: Gilded. [Obs.]
DEAURATE
De*au"rate, v. t.