Hypertext Webster Gateway: "aching"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ache \Ache\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ached}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Aching}.] [OE. aken, AS. acan, both strong verbs, AS. acan,
imp. [=o]c, p. p. acen, to ache; perh. orig. to drive, and
akin to agent.]
To suffer pain; to have, or be in, pain, or in continued
pain; to be distressed. ``My old bones ache.'' --Shak.
The sins that in your conscience ache. --Keble.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Aching \Ach"ing\, a.
That aches; continuously painful. See {Ache}. --
{Ach"ing*ly}, adv.
The aching heart, the aching head. --Longfellow.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
aching
adj : causing a dull and steady pain; "my aching head"; "her old
achy joints" [syn: {achy}]
n : a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain [syn: {ache}]
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