? Obs. rare. [f. ANGUISH v. + -ING1.] The action of afflicting with severe pain; affliction, torment.
1521. St. Werburge, Prol. O cruell deth … Thou causest wo, languor, and anguissyng.
a. 1617. Hieron, Wks., II. 204. This renting of the heart, and anguishing of the bones.
