[f. AIL v. + -ING2.] Afflicted, affected with illness, suffering.
1598. Florio, Manco … failing, ayling, wanting.
1759. Dilworth, Pope, 15. So far in justice to his prudence as a great poet, and an ailing man.
1810. Crabbe, Borough, vii. 248. A potent thing, ’twas said, to cure the ills Of ailing lungs—the oxymel of squills.
1880. Miss Braddon, Barbara, xviii. 128. He kept a hospital … for his friends’ ailing dogs.
