panting

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

P'ANTING, participle present tense [See Pant.] Palpitating; breathing with a rapid succession of inspirations and expirations; longing. P'ANTING, noun Palpitation; rapid breathing; longing.
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