darn : Idioms & Phrases

• . See under Last.

Webster 1913

• noun a long needle with an eye large enough for heavy darning or embroidery thread
  embroidery needle.
  
• noun slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.
  dragonfly; snake doctor; sewing needle; mosquito hawk; skeeter hawk; snake feeder; darning needle.
  

WordNet

• . (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. In this sense, usually written with a hyphen. Called also devil's darning-needle.

Webster 1913

• noun common climber of eastern North America that sprawls over other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy white flowers
  old man's beard; Clematis virginiana; virgin's bower.
  
• noun slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.
  dragonfly; snake doctor; sewing needle; mosquito hawk; skeeter hawk; snake feeder; darning needle.
  

WordNet

• . (Zoöl.) See under Darn, v. t.

Webster 1913