Bible Dictionaries
Hanker
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(v. i.) To linger in expectation or with desire.
(2):
(v. i.) To long (for) with a keen appetite and uneasiness; to have a vehement desire; - usually with for or after; as, to hanker after fruit; to hanker after the diversions of the town.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Hanker'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/h/hanker.html. 1828.