Strong desire; longing.--Todd.
We shall be able to part both with the body and its delights, without any great regret or reluctancy; and to live from them for ever, without any disquieting longings or hankerings after them.--Scott, Christian Life.
I took an awful hankerin' after Sofy M--, and sot in to looking anxious for matrimony, and begin to go reg'lar to meetin', to see if I could win her good opinion.--Robb, Squatter Life.