A char in in a (akarinina)

pl. [NL., for acharnina (?), achenium [The old pronunciation of the noun (ach, formerly äch) led to a similar pronunciation of the verb. In the fol lowing couplet ache, v., is made to rime with patch: Or Gellia wore a velvet mastic patch Upon her temples when no tooth did ache . Bp. Hall, Satires, vi. 1. Thus pronounced, the plural of the noun and the third person singular of the verb were di yllabic: A coming shower your shooting corns presage, Old aches throb, your hollow tooth will rage. Swift , City Shower. This pronunciation has been used, on the stage at least, even in the present century, being required by the meter in such pa ages as the following: I'll rack thee with old cramps; Fill all thy bones with aches ; make thee roar. Shak ., Tempest, i. 2.] See pain , n., and agony . achel, ake (ak), v. i.; pret. and pp. ached, aked, ppr. aching, aking. [In this pronunciation prop. spelled ake, the spelling ache prop. representing a different pronunciation (ach, formerly äch) in imitation of the noun: see ache, n.; pain, or in continued pain; be distre ed physically: as, his whole body ached. IMG:content-0174.png:[blocks in formation] acharne ment (a-shärn'ment), n. [F., IMG:content-0175.png:[graphic][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed]