death weight
noun
Each of two small weights (especially coins) placed on the eyelids of a corpse to keep them closed.
Origin
Mid 19th century.
- rhymsterette
- rhymy
- rhynchocephalian
- rhynchocoel
- rhynchocoelan
- rhynchocoele
- rhynchocoelic
- rhynchodaeum
- rhynchodeum
- rhynchokinesis
- rhynchokinetic
- rhyncholite
- rhynchonellid
- rhynchonellide
- rhynchophorous
- rhynchosaur
- rhynchosaurian
- Rhynchosaurus
- rhynchosporium
- rhynchostome
- rhyncocephalian
- rhyncocoel
- rhyncocoelan
- rhyncocoele
- rhyncodaeum