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Definition of Dearn
1. a. Secret; lonely; solitary; dreadful.
2. v. t. Same as Darn.
Definition of Dearn
1. Noun. (alternative form of dern) ¹
2. Adjective. (alternative form of dern) ¹
3. Verb. (alternative form of dern) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dearn
1. dern [n -S] - See also: dern
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dearn
Literary usage of Dearn
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by Great Britain Court of Chancery, Edward Thurlow Thurlow, Alexander Wedderburn Rosslyn, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1844)
"Soon after the death of the testator, Eleanor dearn died, without having had any
other children, and soon after her death ..."
2. A Glossary of Words Used in the Wapentakes of Manley and Corringham by Edward Peacock (1877)
"dearn [durn], adj. earnest. Don, adj. clever ; both in a good and bad sense.
Doubt, /•. to expect (in an affirmative sense). Elder, s. л cow's udder. ..."
3. The Commercial Power of Great Britain: Exhibiting a Complete View of the by Charles Dupin (1825)
"... it gains the valley of the dearn, up which it proceeds, by a branch, to Rockley,
and descends to the Dove, a river which passes by Rotheram, ..."
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