An egg-shaped ovoid of stone, porcelain, wood, or similar hard material, which is inserted into the toe or heel of a sock to hold it in the proper shape and provide a firm foundation for repairs
In the days of darning, particularly socks, a mushroom-shaped device to darn a sock on. The sock can be stretched over the top of the (curved) mushroom, and gathered-tightly-around the stalk
emphasis People sometimes use darn or darned to emphasize what they are saying, often when they are annoyed. There's not a darn thing he can do about it = damn, damned Darn is also an adverb. the desire to be free to do just as we darn well please
If you darn something knitted or made of cloth, you mend a hole in it by sewing stitches across the hole and then weaving stitches in and out of them. Aunt Emilie darned old socks + darning darn·ing chores such as sewing and darning
feelings You can say I'll be darned to show that you are very surprised about something. `A talking pig!' he exclaimed. `Well, I'll be darned.'. A hole repaired by weaving thread or yarn across it: a sock full of darns. To damn