Meaning of DEATHBED
| Pronunciation: | | 'deth`bed
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- [n] the bed on which a person dies
- [n] the last few hours before death
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| | See Also: | | bed, time of life | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Death"bed\, n.
The bed in which a person dies; hence, the closing hours of
life of one who dies by sickness or the like; the last
sickness.
That often-quoted passage from Lord Hervey in which the
Queen's deathbed is described. --Thackeray.
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| | Related Terms: | | agony, death agonies, death groan, death rattle, death struggle, death throes, deathwatch, dying breath, eleventh-hour, extremity, final extremity, last agony, last breath, last gasp, last-minute, later, moribundity, throes of death |
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