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Darn v. t. (past & past part. darned; pres. part. darning) To mend as a rent or hole, with interlacing stitches of yarn or thread by means of a needle; to sew together with yarn or thread. "He spent every day ten hours in his closet, in darning his stockings."

Darning last. See under Last.

Darning needle.

(a)

A long, strong needle for mending holes or rents, especially in stockings.

(b)

(Zool.) Any species of dragon fly, having a long, cylindrical body, resembling a needle. These flies are harmless and without stings. Note: (In this sense, usually written with a hyphen.) Called also devil's darning-needle.

Darn v. t. A colloquial euphemism for Damn.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Darning" Quotes from Famous Books

... apple-tree in full bloom sat my mother, darning small socks; with her flaxen side-curls (as it was her fashion to wear them) half-concealing her face. My emotion and astonishment were immense. My heart beat fast. I felt its pulse in my temples, ...

— Peter Ibbetson • George du Marier et al

... that the old in years, in sorrow and knowledge, will sit darning the rents and patching the bad places with their trembling hands, as their wise old heads nod and their dear old mouths murmur a prayer, and yet be unable to teach the young how to keep the fabric of life ...

— The Hawk of Egypt • Joan Conquest

... as busy as an old housewife, and occupied his leisure time mending, stitching and darning. Many a morning my own toilet consisted of a face wash at the spring, but my guide seldom failed to spend as much time prinking as ...

— The Black Wolf Pack • Dan Beard

... down to the stream, and there was a great washing of clothes, accompanied with much laughing and joking. Then needles and thread were obtained, from the women of the village, and there was much mending and darning—for the past three days' work, among rocks and woods, had done no little damage ...

— The Young Franc Tireurs - And Their Adventures in the Franco-Prussian War • G. A. Henty

... here, dear, with my work?" said the pastor's wife, coming in with a basket of stockings in one hand, her needle and yarn for darning in ...

— Little Tora, The Swedish Schoolmistress and Other Stories • Mrs. Woods Baker

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