Crossword clues for darning needle
darning needle
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Darn \Darn\ (d[aum]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Darned (d[aum]rnd); 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 stockings. --Swift. Darning last. See under Last. Darning needle.
A long, strong needle for mending holes or rents, especially in stockings.
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(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.
Wiktionary
alt. 1 (&lit A needle used for darn#Verb darning English) 2 A large needle used for darning. 3 A damselfly, or a dragonfly that resembles one. n. 1 (&lit A needle used for darn#Verb darning English) 2 A large needle used for darning. 3 A damselfly, or a dragonfly that resembles one.
WordNet
n. a long needle with an eye large enough for heavy darning or embroidery thread [syn: embroidery needle]
slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc. [syn: dragonfly, devil's darning needle, sewing needle, snake feeder, snake doctor, mosquito hawk, skeeter hawk]
Usage examples of "darning needle".
In an instant Suicide was upon him, tearing the darning needle out with such a savage wrench that it brought half the man's windpipe with it.
A darning needle came along, and everybody was screaming and running around, and I just sat there.
Everybody was yelling and it was a big mess, because this darning needle was sitting on my foot.
To my surprise I saw that it was a long sharp darning needle with a blob of sealing wax making it into a pin.
The outline of each finger bone plying the darning needle was plainly visible through the transparent parchment-like skin.
She jabbed a darning needle into a round ball of wool and said nothing.
The eminent brain specialist to whom she alluded was a man I would not have cared to lunch with myself, our relations having been on the stiff side since the night at Lady Wickham's place in Hertfordshire when, acting on the advice of my hostess's daughter Roberta, I had punctured his hot-water bottle with a darning needle in the small hours of the morning.
Something like a high-speed darning needle tugged at the fabric of his shirt collar.
It flew open, and there he stood in his dressing gown, with a big blue sock on one hand and a darning needle in the other.