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darning, vbl. n.|ˈdɑːnɪŋ|
[-ing1.]
1. a. The action or process of filling up a hole in a fabric with thread or yarn in interwoven stitches; the result of such mending.
1611Cotgr., Rentraicture..a dearning. 1720Lond. Gaz. No. 5868/9, 1 long Muslin Apron..the middle flourished with Sprigs of true Darning. 1882Mrs. Raven's Tempt. I. 211 Charity usually did her darnings and mendings in her own apartment. 1886B. C. Saward in Housewife I. iv. 109/1 To understand grafting, patching, Swiss darning, ladder darning, and corner darning, as well as plain darning.
b. fig. (= ‘Threading’ one's way in and out.)
1881Mrs. Holman Hunt Childr. Jerus. 114 Phœbe..made her way by a darning process up to..the official dignitary.
c. Embroidering with darning-stitch; also = darning-stitch.
1882Caulfeild & Saward Dict. Needlework 148/1 The embroidery is done in Satin stitch or in plain Darning. 1930tr. T. de Dillmont's Encycl. Needlework 519 Close ground-work of darning and little wheels.
2. Articles darned or to be darned.
Mod. The week's darning lay on the table.
3. Comb., as darning-cotton, darning wool, darning work; darning-ball, -last, an egg-shaped or spherical piece of wood, ivory or other hard substance, over which a fabric is stretched while being darned; darning-egg = darning-ball; darning-machine, a machine for darning stockings, clothes, etc. (Knight Dict. Mech. Suppl. a 1884); darning-needle, (a) a long and stout needle used in darning; (b) (see devil's darning-needle s.v. devil n. 25 b, c); darning-stitch, (a) a stitch used in darning which imitates the texture of the fabric darned; (b) a straight stitch used in embroidery to make a regular open-work pattern.
1811Jane Austen Let. 18 Apr. (1952) 270 She is in want of chimney lights for Tuesday; ― & I, of an ounce of darning cotton. 1876Darning-cotton [see darner 2 b].
1897Sears, Roebuck Catal. 335/3 Our woman's tool set consists of..one pinking iron, one darning egg, [etc.]. 1925E. Glasgow Barren Ground iii. ii. 410 Dorinda..slipped her darning-egg into one of Nathan's socks. 1956K. Hulme Nun's Story iv. 62 The lean self-abnegating face bent over a darning egg.
1848Hor. Smith Idler upon town 54 This case..containing two bodkins and a darning needle.
1881C. C. Harrison Woman's Handiwork i. 27 Darning stitch is used to restore old embroideries. 1882Caulfeild & Saward Dict. Needlework 148/2 Fillings for the centre of any designs that are not worked in Satin or Darning stitch. Ibid. 149/1 Darn the thick lines up and down in Point de Reprise or plain Darning stitch. 1934M. Thomas Dict. Embroidery Stitches 72 Darning Stitch is really a long running or tacking stitch, the difference being that in darning used for decoration, only one thread of the material is picked up with each stitch. Ibid. 73 Darning Stitch..is also used in pattern darning.
1912A. Bennett Matador 61 I've made this bouquet for you... You must excuse it being tied up with darning wool. 1932D. C. Minter Mod. Needlecraft 178/2 Darning wool is better slightly finer than that of which the knitted garment was made.
1711Shaftesbury Charac. (1737) III. 265 The gouty joints and darning-work..by which, complicated periods are so curiously strung, or hook'd on, one to another. |