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Darn
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A place mended by darning.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
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 stockins. Swift. Darning last. See under Last. -- Darning needle. (a) A long, strong needle for mending holes or rents, especially in stockings. (b) (Zoöl.) Any species of dragon fly, having a long, cylindrical body, resembling a needle. These flies are harmless and without stings.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
A colloquial euphemism for Damn.