Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Darn"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Darn \Darn\, n.
A place mended by darning.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Darn \Darn\, v. t.
A colloquial euphemism for {Damn}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Darn \Darn\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Darned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Darning}.] [OE. derne, prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. darnio
to piece, break in pieces, W. & Arm. to E. tear. Cf. {Tear},
v. t.]
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) (Zo["o]l.) 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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
darn
n 1: a euphemism for `damn'
2: something of little value; "it is not worth a damn"; "not
worth shucks" [syn: {damn}, {hoot}, {shit}, {shucks}, {tinker's
damn}, {tinker's dam}]
v : repair by sewing, esp. of socks
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