Death Words Flashcards
A list of dead to be prayed for
Death Bill
A luminous appearance like a candle flame, superstitiously thought to prestage death
Death Candle
A kind of ignis fatuus (glow) supposed to forebode death
Death Fire
Stroke or tolling of a death bell
Death Kneel
A relation or ratio of the number of deaths, for a given period, to the total population
Death Rate
Noise made by a moribund person caused by air passing through a residue of mucous in the trachea and posterior oral cavity
Death Rattle
The semi-convulsive twitches which often occur before death
Death Struggle
Spasm of death
Death Throe
Signal of approaching death
Death Token
A condition in which the muscles become rigidly fixed, the body becomes pale and cold, pulse and respiration are feeble
Death Trance
A small weight, such as a penny, laid on the eyelids to keep them closed
Death Weight
One liable to death, a motal
Deathling
