[darn] vb [perh. fr. F dial. darner] vt (ca. 1600) 1: to mend with interlacing stitches
2: to embroider by filling in with long running or interlacing stitches ~ vi: to do darning -- darn.er n
[2]darn n (1720): a place that has been darned "a sweater full of ~s" [3]darn adj or adv [euphemism] (1781): damned [4]darn vb (1781): damn -- darned adj or adv [5]darn n (1840): damn