In a state of aching; experiencing a dull, persistent pain or soreness.
From Middle English 'aken' (to ache) plus '-ing', combining Old English pain vocabulary with the continuous aspect marker '-ing'. Related to 'ache'.
Aking preserves an old form of 'ache'—modern English nearly lost this word, but it survives in dialects and reminds us that 'aking' and 'aching' are actually the same word at different ages.
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