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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.Definition 2024
whiting
whiting
English
Noun
whiting (uncountable)
Translations
fine white chalk
See also
Etymology 2
From Old English hwitling. Related to the colour white. Cognate to Dutch wijting (“whiting”).
Noun
whiting (plural whitings or whiting)
- A fish, Merlangius merlangus, similar to cod, found in the North Atlantic.
- Any of several marine fish found in North American coastal waters, including Merluccius bilinearis (the silver hake).
- Any of the species of Sillaginidae (smelt-whitings) inhabiting Indo-Pacific marine coasts, many of which are commercially important whitefish.
Translations
fish, Merlangius merlangus
References
Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, pg 3631