[f. THIRST v. + -ING1.] The condition denoted by the verb THIRST; thirst; fig. longing, craving.
c. 1500. Kennedy, Passion of Christ, 739. Bitter wyne myxt with gall … þai him gaif to slokin his thristing.
1653. Cromwell, Sp., 14 July, in Carlyle. We have had many desires, and thirstings in our spirits, to find out ways and means.
1701. Stanhope, Augustine’s Medit., xxxv. 82. What impatient thirstings ought I to bring!
1861. Times, 22 Aug. A thirsting for political liberty.
