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Webster 1913 Edition
Whiting
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Whiting
WHITING
,Noun.
1.
A small sea fish, the Asellus mollis or albus, a species of Gadus.2.
The same as Spanish white, which see.