Part 2788

<hw>Death's"-head`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A naked human skull as the emblem of death; the head of the conventional personification of death.</def>

<blockquote>I had rather be married to a <b>death's-head</b> with a bone in his mouth. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Death's-head moth</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a very large European moth (<spn>Acherontia atropos</spn>), so called from a figure resembling a human skull on the back of the thorax; -- called also <altname>death's-head sphinx</altname>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Death's-herb</h1> <Xpage=373>

<hw>Death's"-herb`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The deadly nightshade (<spn>Atropa belladonna</spn>).</def>

<i>Dr. Prior.</i>

<h1>Deathsman</h1> <Xpage=373>

<hw>Deaths"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An executioner; a headsman or hangman.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Deathward</h1> <Xpage=373>

<hw>Death"ward</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Toward death.</def>

<h1>Deathwatch</h1> <Xpage=373>

<hw>Death"watch`</hw> <tt>(?; 224)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A small beetle (<spn>Anobium tessellatum</spn> 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.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A small wingless insect, of the family <spn>Psocid\'91</spn>, which makes a similar but fainter sound; -- called also <altname>deathtick</altname>.</def>

<blockquote>She is always seeing apparitions and hearing <b>deathwatches</b>. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>I did not hear the dog howl, mother, or the <b>deathwatch</b> beat. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The guard set over a criminal before his execution.</def>

<h1>Deaurate</h1> <Xpage=373>

<hw>De*au"rate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>deauratus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>deaurare</ets> to gild; <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>aurum</ets> gold.]</ety> <def>Gilded.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Deaurate</h1> <Xpage=373>

<hw>De*au"rate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To gild.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bailey.</i>

<h1>Deauration</h1> <Xpage=373>

<hw>De`au*ra"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Act of gilding.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Deave</h1> <Xpage=373>

<hw>Deave</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Deafen</er>.]</ety> <def>To stun or stupefy with noise; to deafen.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<h1>Debacchate</h1> <Xpage=373>

<hw>De*bac"chate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>debacchatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>debacchari</ets> to rage; <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>bacchari</ets> to rage like a bacchant.]</ety> <def>To rave as a bacchanal.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>