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Definition of Death angel
1. Noun. Extremely poisonous usually white fungus with a prominent cup-shaped base; differs from edible Agaricus only in its white gills.
Generic synonyms: Agaric
Group relationships: Amanita, Genus Amanita
Definition of Death angel
1. Noun. (alternative form of angel of death) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Death Angel
Literary usage of Death angel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Southern Literary Messenger (1849)
"... WWM Where the Death-Angel flics. At the rush of his wings The strongest grow
pale ; The life-giving springs All suddenly fail ; The high and the lowly, ..."
2. The Monthly Religious Magazine (1862)
"THE DEATH-ANGEL. ANGEL of death ! we question not: Who asks of heaven, " Why does
it rain ? " Angel, we bless thee, for thy kiss Hath hushed the lips of ..."
3. A Dictionary of the Drama: A Guide to the Plays, Play-wrights, Players, and by William Davenport Adams (1904)
"See ANGEL OF HEATH ; ANGEL OF MIDNIGHT ; SPIRIT OP DEATH. Angel. ... See ANGEL
OF DEATH; SPIRIT OF DEATH. Angel of the Attic (The). ..."
4. New Poems by Hannah Flagg Gould (1850)
"a- () THE DEATH-ANGEL. [Adapted to music.] CEASE, poor heart! thy pulse repeating ;
Cease to move this weary breast. Thou, since first began thy beating, ..."
5. Harper's Cyclopaedia of British and American Poetry edited by Epes Sargent (1882)
"Unseen hands of spirits arc ringing his knell, And tho death-angel flaps his
broad wing o'er the wave. ..."
6. The Huguenot Daughters: And Other Poems by Catharine Gendron Poyas (1849)
"THE DEATH-ANGEL. I SAW a happy child one day, Upon an emerald mead, at play With
flowerets, scattered there by Spring, As she flew o'er on buoyant wing ..."
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