death-bill 
1 he ,1'iltli.t'ill , eallc.l l.\ some tin- Mini tna] \ roll or brief, 
Which WJlSlt list Of its .lea.l sent I.} OTM- til HIM' to In- IVMIelll 
lierc.l ill I In- pray. -i i an. I -art-ill. -cs or the other w II h \ihi.-h 
it was ill fellowship. /.'"/.-, Church of our Kiitln-i - 
death-bird (dot h'berd), n. 1. A small owl of 
North Anifrira, .\i/i-tnln richardsoni. 2. The 
death's-head moth. 
death-blow (deth'blo), n. 1. A blow causing 
death ; a mortal blow. 
HIT [I.iicretUI 
Whose '! 'it/i t>lnir struck the dateless .loom of kings. 
'/' it/,i/*,i. Lucretius. 
2. Figuratively, something which destroys, ex- 
tiiiguishes, or blights. 
liy the ilt'iith-Mnw tit my ho|n\ 
My liirinory immortal grew. 
ISiH'Hi. Lines written beneath a I'ii-tun-. 
death-cord (deth'kord), w. A rope for hanging ; 
the gallows-rope. 
Nave I done well to give thin hoHl-y vet'ran, 
Who has for thirty years fought in our wars, 
To the dmth-rm-d unheard? ./. RniUit. 
death-damp (deth'damp), n. The cold, clammy 
-wrat which sometimes precedes death. 
death-dance (deth'dans), n. The dance of 
death (which see, under dmicr, n.). Ilurki: 
death-day (deth'da), w. [Formerly also dcail- 
ilni/: < ME. dethday, dedday ; < death + day 1 .} 
The day on which one dies. 
Al-so at the (ted dan of a brother, euery couple to seiiyn 
iij. penys. ' KrujlM Gild(E. E. T. s.), p. 121. 
They esteeme this life as mans conception, but his death- 
>l'H! to lie his l.irtli-.lay vnto that true anil happy life. 
{'"'lifiM, Pilgrimage, p. 463. 
death-fire (deth'fir), n. A luminous appear- 
ance or flame, as the ignis fatuus, supposed by 
the superstitious to presage death. 
Alx>ut, alwnt, in reel ami rout, 
The death-Jim danced at night. 
Coteridye, Ancient Mariner, ii. 
deathful (deth'ful), a'. [< death + -//.] 1. 
Full of slaughter ; murderous ; destructive. 
These eyes behold 
The death/lit scene. Pope, Odyssey. 
Thou who, amidst the di-ath/ui field, 
By godlike chiefs alone beheld, 
Oft with thy bosom bare art found. 
Coltinn, To Mercy. 
Oh ! deathfid stabs were dealt apace, 
The battle deepen'd in its place. 
Tennyson, Oriana. 
2t. Cruel ; painful, as death. 
Your cruelty was such as you would spare his life for 
many deathful torments. Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, ii. 
3. Liable to death ; mortal. 
The deathless gods, ami deathful enrth. Chapman. 
deathfulness (deth'ful-nes), . An appear- 
ance of death or as of death ; the state of being 
suggestive of or associated with death. Jer. 
Taylor. 
The whole picture [Turner's Slave-ship] Is dedicated to 
the most sublime of subjects and impressions, . . . the 
power, majesty, unildeathfulnessot the open, deep, illim- 
it. it-lr sea. ' 
1 ITT, 
deathlingt idctii'iing), . [< iittii + -// </'.] 
One subject tn death; a child of death. >'//// \// ;. 
deathly' (deth'li), . [< JIK. <i,,i/,,. ,i,,in, etc. 
(.-aine \ixdimllij, <[. v.), < AS. driithlii; also /?//((/- 
lir, < di-iith, death, or dead, dead, -t- -lit; E. -ty 1 .] 
1. Like or characteristic of death; partaking 
of the nature or appearance of death : as, a 
di-iillil;/ swoon: iliiit/itif pallor. 2. Threaten- 
ing death ; fatal ; mortal; deadly. [Rare.] 
I nwliolt sonic and deathly. J. I'dall, On -' Cor. jj. 
=Syn. See ill-mil it. 
deathly <doili'li),rtrfr. f< ME. dedrly, etc. (same 
us di-adli/. llllr., q. V.), ( AS. dead/in; < i/nnlllr. 
adj. : see deadly, a.] So as to resemble a dead 
person, or death. 
I saw Lucy standing before me, alone, deathly paje. 
Ditkeii*. 
death-mask (deth'mask), . A mask, usually 
of plaster, taken from a person's face after 
death. 
death-point (deth'point), n. The limit of the 
time during which an animal organism can live 
in a certain degree of heat ; specifically, the 
point of time, from the beginning of the immer- 
sion, when an organism is killed bv water at a 
temperature of 212 F. 
death-rate (deth'rat), H. The proportion of 
deaths among the inhabitants of a town, coun- 
try, etc., in a given period of time, usually reck- 
oned at so many in a thousand per annum. 
death-rattle (deth'rat'l), . A rattling sound 
sometimes heard in the last labored breathing 
of a dying person. 
There was a sound in her convulsed throat like the deat h- 
rattle. 
J. H'itnuH, Lights and Shadows of Scottish Life, p. nil. 
death-ruckle (deth'ruk'l), n. Same as death- 
rattle. [Scotch.] 
death's-head (deths'hed), n. 1. The skull of a 
human skeleton, or a figure or painting repre- 
senting such a skull. 
I had rather to be married to a death'* head with a Imne 
in his mouth. Shak., M. of V., i. i 
2f. Specifically, in the sixteenth century, a ring 
with a death's-head on it. 
Sell some of my cloaths to buy thee a death'* head, anil 
put upon thy middle linger. 
Middleton, Mawiiujer, and Rowley, Old Law, iv. 1. 
These are all rings, death't-hrad*, and such mementos, 
Her grandmother and worm-eaten aunts left to her, 
To tell her what her beauty must arrive at. 
Fletcher, Wife for a Month, I. 2. 
3. A name of one of the saimiri or titi mon- 
keys of South America, ClirysothrU ncinit. 
Death's-head moth, or death's-head hawk-moth, 
Acherontia atrmto*, the largest species of lepidopterons in- 
sects found in Great Britain. The markings on the back 
of the thorax very closely resemble a skull or death's-head ; 
death-hunter (deth'hun'ter), . One who fol- 
lows in the rear of an army, in order to strip 
and rob the bodies of the dead after an en- 
gagement. 
deathify (deth'i-fi), r. t. ; pret. and pp. drathi- 
lied, ppr. drathifying. [Improp. < death + -/-///.] 
To make dead; kill. Coleridge. [Rare.] 
deathiness (deth'i-nes), n. ['< dm thy + -ness.] 
Deathfulness ; death-producing influence ; peril 
of death. [Rare.] 
Look ! it burns clear ; but with the uir around 
Us dead ingredients mingle ilealhiix **. 
Hiiiiiheii, Thalaha, v. 
deathless (deth'les), a. [< death +-/*.] 1. 
Not subject to death or destruction ; immortal : 
as, deathless beings. 
lioils lli. -le art-, aii.l ifi-nthlenn. Teitny*(Hl, Lucretius. 
2. Unceasing; unending; perpetual: as, rfenWi- 
li-s.t fame. 
Ne'er shall oblivion's murky cloud 
Obscure his itriitldrM pruise. SiV W. Joi\et. 
deathlessness (deth'les-nes), n. [< ilratlilexx 
+ -rax.] The state of being deathless; free- 
dom from death; immortality: as, the tli-ittli- 
l< xxnrss of the BOW. 
He [mantis iinmortul, not lieeause lie was created so, 
but because he has become so, deriving his deathle*ne# 
from Him who alone hath immortality. 
Ib'tii-'t ,'t'iu . Creative \\Yck. p. -Jill. 
deathliness (detli'H-nes). . The quality of 
lieini; deathly: resemblance to death in its as- 
pects or phenomena. 
Not a t.la.lc of yniHs. not a M" ef. not even the liai.liest 
lichen, springs up to relieve the utter di'athlineni of the 
s- .-Me. //. 11. Sf'Ki;. A^nes of Sorrento, xviii. 
Death's-head Moth (AchereHtia atropos \, about one half 
hence the English name. It measures from 4 to 5 inches 
in expanse of the wings. It emits peculiar sounds, some- 
what resembling the squeaking of a mouse, but how these 
sounds are produced naturalists have not been able sat- 
isfactorily to explain. It attacks beehives, pillages the 
honey, and disperses the 1>ees. It is regarded by the sujicr- 
st it ions as the forerunner of death or some other calamity. 
Also called death-hiril. 
death's-herb (detbs'erb), . The deadly night- 
shade, AtrujKi HclliuliiHna. 
deathsman (deths ' man), . ; pi. deathsmen 
(-men). An executioner; a hangman; one who 
executes the extreme penalty of the law; one 
who kills. 
He's dead : I am only sorry 
He had no other death'x-iiiait. Shak., Lear, iv. G. 
Far more expressive than our term of executioner is 
their (the ancient writers'] solemn one of dealt 
Disraeli. 
death-sough (deth'such), . The last heavy 
breathings or sighings of a dying person. 
[Scotc-h.] 
Heard na ye the lang-drawn dealk-tuniih ' The rfi<A- 
M>f //< .it the Moi ison* is as hollow as a groan frae the grave. 
lilnckicood't Mag., Sept, 1820, p. 682. 
death-stroke (deth'strok), . A death-blow. 
t 'nli nilil' . 
death-struck (deth'struk). ii. Mortally wound- 
ed, or ill with some fatal disease. 
deave 
death-throe (deth'thi-o), . [< MK. drih-i, 
< ilmtli + lliriii.] The strngglf which in Home 
OMM :i.-.'"tii|ianii-s ilealh. 
death-tick (deth'iik), . The common death- 
wateh, tiiiilniiiii ti. -.xil/iil n HI. Itaririii. 
death-token (deth'ti'rkn), . That which in- 
ili.-ales approaching death. 
He is so pl;i :nv proud, that the ilrtilh tiik- n* lit it 
Crjr " No recovery." ,s/..iJ-., T. and ('., II. 3. 
death-trance (deth'trans), . A condition of 
apparent death, the action of the heart and 
lungs, the temperature, and other signs of life 
being so reduced as to produce the semblance 
of death. 
death-trap (deth'trap), . A structure or situ- 
ation involving imminent risk of death ; a place 
dangerous to fife. 
A wooden man-of-war is now as worthless as an egg- 
shell ; more so, for It is a death-trap. 
Xea> York Tribune, March IS, 1862. 
deathward(deth'ward), adv. [(death + -ward.'] 
Toward death. 
Alas, the sting of conscience 
To dftithirard for our faults. 
Fletcher (and another). Love's Pilgrimage, IT. S. 
death-warrant (deth'wor'ant), n. 1. In lair, 
an order from the proper authority for the ex- 
ecution of a criminal. 2. Figuratively, any- 
thing which puts an end to hope or expectation . 
death-watch (deth'woch), . 1. A vigil beside 
a dying person. 2. A guard set over a con- 
demned criminal for some time prior to his exe- 
cution. 3. The popular name of several small 
beetles which mane a ticking or clicking sound, 
supposed by superstitious persons to be omi- 
nous of death, (a) Home species of the genus AuMum, 
or serrieorn lieetles, of the family I'tiitidaf, as A. domes- 
ti-'iini. A. ('** ll'ttu", . and A. glriatum. These insects 
abound in old houses, where they get into the wood by 
taring, and make a 
clicking sound by 
standing up on 
their hind legs and 
knocking their 
heads against the 
wood quickly and 
forcibly several 
times In succession, 
the number of dis- 
tinct strokes being 
In general from 
seven to eleven. 
This is the call of 
the sexes. 
Few cars have es- 
caped the noise of 
the death-watch : 
that is, the little 
clicking sound 
heard often In 
many rooms, some- , j H0 6, u , : 
what resembling ' /,.,,,'.',. 
that of a watch ; 
and this is conceived to lie of an evil omen or prediction of 
some person's death. . . . This noise is made by a little 
sheath-winged grey insect, found often in wainscot benches. 
Sir T. Broirne. Vulg. Err., U. 7. 
"Alas ! the poor gentleman will never get from hence," 
said the landlady to me " for I heard the death-watch 
all night long." Sterne, Tristram Shandy, vi. 6. 
(6) A minute, wingless, pseuiloneiiropterons Insect, Atro- 
pog i'ul*iitrin<. of the family P*uc\dce, a great pest in 
l.otani.-al and entomological collections. It also makes a 
ticking s. .iin.l. 
death-wound (deth'wSnd), n. A wound caus- 
ing death. 
deathy (deth'i), adr. [< death + -yl.] So as to 
resemble death ; deathly. [Rare.] 
The cheeks were detithy dark, 
Dark the dead skin upon the hairless skull. 
S"iithey, Thalaba, II. 
deauratet (de-a'rat ). r. t. [< LL. deaurattig, pp. 
of deaurare, gild, < L. de, down, + aurare, over- 
lay with gold, gild, < nnritm, gold: see aurate.] 
To gild. Kailey. [Rare.] 
deaurate (de-a'rat), a. [ME. deavrat, < LL. 
iliiniratiis. pp.: see the verb.] If. Golden; 
gilded. [Rare.] 
Of so eye-bewitching a deaui-ate ruddfe dy is the skin- 
coat of this landtgrave. 
Xituhe, Lenten Stutfe (Harl. Misc., VI. 164). 
2. In iiitum.. having a dull metallic-golden 
luster resembling worn gilding, 
deaurationt (de-a-ra'shqn), n. [= F. dfaura- 
tioii ; < ilcaurate + -ion.'] The act of gilding, 
deave (dev), r. ; pret. and pp. deared, ppr. deat- 
iij. [Another form of deaf, r.] I. trans. To 
render deaf; deafen; stun with noise. [Scotch 
and prov. Eng.] 
If mitir they deare us wi' their din. 
Or patronage inn HM..M. 
HHI-IU, The Ordination. 
"You know my name; how is that ?' . . . " Fi.olish l>o\. 
was it not eii.-.l at the gate loud enough to deare one? ' 
C. Keade, Cloister and Hearth, II. 
II. iittrauy. To become deaf. 
Death-watch. 
notalttMt. *. Atrorei pHli 
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