Verb

(en verb)

Euphemism of damn.

Verb

(en verb)

(sewing) To repair by stitching with thread or yarn, particularly by using a needle to construct a weave across a damaged area of fabric.

I need to darn these socks again.

* Jonathan Swift

He spent every day ten hours in his closet, in darning his stockings.

Verb

(en verb)

(lb) To gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work.

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*:Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations. It is easily earned repetition to state that Josephine St. Auban's was a presence not to be concealed.

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, title= International friendly: England 1-0 Spain , passage=England will not be catapulted among the favourites for Euro 2012 as a result of this win, but no victory against Spain is earned easily and it is right they take great heart from their efforts as they now prepare to play Sweden at Wembley on Tuesday.}}

(lb) To receive payment for work.

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(lb) To receive payment for work.

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(lb) To cause (someone) to receive payment or reward.

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(lb) To be worthy of.

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Verb

(en verb)

(UK, dialect, dated) To curdle, as milk.

Verb

(en verb)

(obsolete) To long; to yearn.

* Spenser

And ever as he rode, his heart did earn / To prove his puissance in battle brave.

(obsolete) To grieve.