Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
dern . - noun In architecture, a door-post or threshold. Also spelled
dern .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Secret; lonely; solitary; dreadful.
- transitive verb obsolete Same as
darn .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative form of
dern . - adjective Alternative form of
dern . - verb Alternative form of
dern .
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Examples
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Linnen quickly, that it may not be thrown up and down and be mildewed and spoil'd, and so be fit for nothing but the wash again; and forget not to dearn or mend it every week that it may not run to tatters before it be half-worn; and do not suffer any Servant to be idle.
The Gentlewoman's Companion: or,%0AA Guide to the Female Sex 1675
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