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What does "ache" mean?

Ache: A name given to several species of plants; as, smallage, wild celery, parsley. [Obs.] Holland.

Additional senses

  1. 2.Continued pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain. "Such an ache in my bones." Shak. Note: Often used in composition, as, a headache, an earache, a toothache.
  2. 3.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.

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