darling (darling)

and a. [Early mod. E. also derling and dearling; The dearlings of delight. Spenser, F. Q., VI. viii. 43. And can do nought but wail her darling's lo . IMG:content-2059.jpg:[blocks in formation] II. a . Very dear; peculiarly beloved; favor- ite; regarded with great affection and tender- ne ; lovingly cherished: as, a darling child. Some darling science. Watts , Improvement of Mind. The love of their country is still, I hope, one of their darling virtues. Goldsmith, E ays, Asem. darlingne (där'ling-nes), n . Dearne . Brown- ing . [Rare.] To keep in darkne what occasion now Reveals. 3. The state of being blind physically; blind ne . IMG:content-2060.jpg:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-2061.png:[blocks in formation] darn3t (därn), a. and v. darnation (där-nā'shon), interj. A minced form of damnation, used as an exclamation. [Low.] darnel (där'nel), n. and a. [ Darnel (Lolium temulentum). He [the devil] every day labour eth to sow cockle and darnel . Latimer , Sermon of the Plough. Darnel, and all the idle weeds that grow In our sustaining corn. Shak ., Lear, iv. 4. II. a . Like darnel. [Poetical.] No darnel fancy Might choke one useful blade in Puritan fields. Lowell, Under the Willows. Darnell's case. See case1 , darner (där'nėr), n . 1. One who mends by darning.-2. A darning-needle. Dict . of Needle- work .