death n DC deathfall (Nfld: 1770) for comb in sense 2.
   1 Proverb the death of a horse is the life of a crow (1937 DEVINE 63).
   2 Comb death clock: clicking sound thought to presage death.
   C 71-103 ~ The sound of ticking (as of a clock) in the woodwork of a house foretold death.
   deathfall: variety of animal trap; deadfall; also attrib.
   [1770] 1792 CARTWRIGHT i, 46 In our return we found two old furriers' tilts, and snow deathfalls; which
   appeared to be of Canadian construction. [1786] ibid iii, 145 Crane walked the deathfall-path and brought a marten.
   death kit: candles, holy water, and other items kept in a household for the laying-out of the dead (M 69-9).
   death plant: cabbage with distinctive cup-shaped leaves.
   C 64-5 Oftentimes among a bed of cabbage plants you will find one of the leaves of a plant shaped like a
   cup. This is called a death plant. This means that someone will die in the family within twelve months.
   death wagon: hearse; DEAD CAR (P 148-62).

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