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Death tick

Tick \Tick\, n.

  1. A quick, audible beat, as of a clock.

  2. Any small mark intended to direct attention to something, or to serve as a check.
    --Dickens.

  3. (Zo["o]l.) The whinchat; -- so called from its note.

    Death tick. (Zo["o]l.) See Deathwatch.