'Death tick' definitions:

Definition of 'Death tick'

From: GCIDE
  • Tick \Tick\, n.
  • 1. A quick, audible beat, as of a clock. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Any small mark intended to direct attention to something, or to serve as a check. --Dickens. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Zool.) The whinchat; -- so called from its note. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
  • Death tick. (Zool.) See Deathwatch. [1913 Webster]