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Webster 1913 Edition


Whiting

Whit′ing

,
Noun.
[From
White
.]
1.
(Zool.)
(a)
A common European food fish (
Melangus vulgaris
) of the Codfish family; – called also
fittin
.
(b)
A North American fish (
Merlucius vulgaris
) allied to the preceding; – called also
silver hake
.
(c)
Any one of several species of North American marine sciaenoid food fishes belonging to genus
Menticirrhus
, especially
Menticirrhus Americanus
, found from Maryland to Brazil, and
Menticirrhus littoralis
, common from Virginia to Texas; – called also
silver whiting
, and
surf whiting
.
☞ Various other fishes are locally called whiting, as the kingfish
(a)
, the sailor’s choice
(b)
, the Pacific tomcod, and certain species of lake whitefishes.
2.
Chalk prepared in an impalpable powder by pulverizing and repeated washing, used as a pigment, as an ingredient in putty, for cleaning silver, etc.
Whiting pollack
.
(Zool.)
Same as
Pollack
.
Whiting pout
(Zool.)
,
the bib, 2.

Webster 1828 Edition


Whiting

WHITING

,
Noun.
[from white.]
1.
A small sea fish, the Asellus mollis or albus, a species of Gadus.
2.
The same as Spanish white, which see.

Definition 2024


whiting

whiting

English

Noun

whiting (uncountable)

  1. A fine white chalk used in paints, putty, whitewash etc.
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Etymology 2

From Old English hwitling. Related to the colour white. Cognate to Dutch wijting (whiting).

Noun

whiting (plural whitings or whiting)

  1. A fish, Merlangius merlangus, similar to cod, found in the North Atlantic.
  2. Any of several marine fish found in North American coastal waters, including Merluccius bilinearis (the silver hake).
  3. Any of the species of Sillaginidae (smelt-whitings) inhabiting Indo-Pacific marine coasts, many of which are commercially important whitefish.
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References

Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, pg 3631