darning needle : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: darning needle	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for darning needle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
darning needle n a long needle with an eye large enough for heavy darning or embroidery thread Synonym(s): darning needle, embroidery needle slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc. Synonym(s): dragonfly, darning needle, devil's darning needle, sewing needle, snake feeder, snake doctor, mosquito hawk, skeeter hawk
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Darn \Darn\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Darned}; 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 stockins. --Swift. {Darning last}. See under {Last}. {Darning needle}. (a) A long, strong needle for mending holes or rents, especially in stockings. (b) (Zo[94]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}.