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whit·ing¹

(wī′tĭng, hwī′-)

A pure white grade of chalk that has been ground and washed for use in paints, ink, and putty.

[Middle English whityng, from whiten, to whiten, from white, white; see white.]

whit·ing²

(wī′tĭng, hwī′-)

n. pl. whiting or whit·ings

1. A food fish (Merlangius merlangus) of the eastern North Atlantic and the Black Sea, closely related to and resembling the cod.

2. Any of various marine food fishes having delicate white flesh, especially several hakes of the genus Merluccius and several kingfishes of the genus Menticirrhus.

[Middle English whitynge, from Middle Dutch wijting; see kweit- in Indo-European roots.]

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whiting

(ˈwaɪtɪŋ)

1. (Animals) an important gadoid food fish, Merlangius (or Gadus) merlangus, of European seas, having a dark back with silvery sides and underparts

2. (Animals) any of various similar fishes, such as Merluccius bilinearis, a hake of American Atlantic waters, and any of several Atlantic sciaenid fishes of the genus Menticirrhus

3. (Animals) Austral any of several marine food fishes of the genus Sillago

4. (Animals) whiting pout another name for bib³

[C15: perhaps from Old English hwītling; related to Middle Dutch wijting. See white, -ing³]

whiting

(ˈwaɪtɪŋ)

(Elements & Compounds) white chalk that has been ground and washed, used in making whitewash, metal polish, etc. Also called: whitening

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whit•ing¹

(ˈʰwaɪ tɪŋ, ˈwaɪ-)

n., pl. (esp. collectively) -ing, (esp. for kinds or species) -ings.

1. any of several kingfishes of the genus Menticirrhus.

2. any of various hakes of the genus Merluccius.

3. any of several European food fishes, esp. of the cod family.

[1400–50]

whit•ing²

(ˈʰwaɪ tɪŋ, ˈwaɪ-)

n.

pure-white chalk ground and washed and used in making putty, whitewash, and silver polish.

[1400–50; late Middle English. See white, -ing¹]

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Noun	1.	whiting - flesh of a cod-like fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe Gadus merlangus, Merlangus merlangus, whiting - a food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe resembling the cod; sometimes placed in genus Gadus saltwater fish - flesh of fish from the sea used as food
	2.	whiting - flesh of any of a number of slender food fishes especially of Atlantic coasts of North America Merluccius bilinearis, silver hake, whiting - found off Atlantic coast of North America whiting - any of several food fishes of North American coastal waters saltwater fish - flesh of fish from the sea used as food
	3.	whiting - a small fish of the genus Sillago; excellent food fish percoid, percoid fish, percoidean - any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes genus Sillago, Sillago - type genus of the Sillaginidae
	4.	whiting - any of several food fishes of North American coastal waters sciaenid, sciaenid fish - widely distributed family of carnivorous percoid fishes having a large air bladder used to produce sound genus Menticirrhus, Menticirrhus - kingfishes; whiting kingfish - any of several food and game fishes of the drum family indigenous to warm Atlantic waters of the North American coast king whiting, Menticirrhus americanus - whiting of the southeastern coast of North America Menticirrhus saxatilis, northern whiting - whiting of the east coast of United States; closely resembles king whiting corbina, Menticirrhus undulatus - bluish-grey whiting of California coast Menticirrhus littoralis, silver whiting - a dull silvery whiting of southern Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States whiting - flesh of any of a number of slender food fishes especially of Atlantic coasts of North America
	5.	whiting - found off Atlantic coast of North America Merluccius bilinearis, silver hake hake - any of several marine food fishes related to cod whiting - flesh of any of a number of slender food fishes especially of Atlantic coasts of North America
	6.	whiting - a food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe resembling the cod; sometimes placed in genus Gadus Gadus merlangus, Merlangus merlangus gadoid, gadoid fish - a soft-finned fish of the family Gadidae genus Merlangus, Merlangus - whitings whiting - flesh of a cod-like fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe

whiting

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Translations

أَبْيَضغُبَر: نوع من السَّمَك

treska

hvilling

Weißfisch

ασβεστόχρωμα

pescadilla

valkoturskaliitujauho

merlan

pišmolj

sárga tõkehal

lÿsa; lÿsingur

merlano

大口魚

대구과의 식용 물고기

vitling

ปลาของยุโรปตระกูลปลาคอด

mezgit

cá tuyết

牙鳕

whiting

¹ [ˈwaɪtɪŋ] N (whiting (pl)) (= fish) → pescadilla f

whiting

² [ˈwaɪtɪŋ] N (= colouring) → tiza f, blanco m de España; (for shoes) → blanco m para zapatos; (= whitewash) → jalbegue m

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whiting

[ˈ^hwaɪtɪŋ] n [whiting] (pl) (= fish) (in UK) → merlan m; (in Australia) → pêche-madame m

whiting

n pl <-> → Weißling m, → Weißfisch m

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whiting

[ˈwaɪtɪŋ] n inv (fish) → merlango

whiting

(ˈwaitiŋ) – plurals ˈwhiting ~whitings – noun

a type of small fish related to the cod.

whiting

→ أَبْيَض treska hvilling Weißfisch ασβεστόχρωμα pescadilla valkoturska merlan pišmolj merlano 大口魚 대구과의 식용 물고기 witsel kalkmaling bielidło badejo, pescada мел vitling ปลาของยุโรปตระกูลปลาคอด mezgit cá tuyết 牙鳕

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"He has promised me some whitings. Find a rhyme for that, La Fontaine."

"He has promised us some whitings, In return for these our writings."

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You are aware what huge whitings are served to us on maigre days.

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I have taken a barbel that weighs at least thirty pounds, and more than fifty mullets; I have also some little whitings that will fry beautifully."

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`"Will you walk a little faster?" said a whiting to a snail.

Said he thanked the whiting kindly, but he would not join the dance.

`Thank you, it's a very interesting dance to watch,' said Alice, feeling very glad that it was over at last: `and I do so like that curious song about the whiting!'

`Oh, as to the whiting,' said the Mock Turtle, `they--you've seen them, of course?'

`Boots and shoes under the sea,' the Gryphon went on in a deep voice, `are done with a whiting. Now you know.'

`If I'd been the whiting,' said Alice, whose thoughts were still running on the song, `I'd have said to the porpoise, "Keep back, please: we don't want YOU with us!"'

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He rented a room at the rear of a little frame building belonging to old Rufus Whiting. The building was on Duane Street, just off Main Street, and had been used for years as a law office by the old man, who had become too feeble and forgetful for the practice of his profession but did not realize his inefficiency.

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Two years later, the Whitings gave the organization another check for $50,000 to install an elevator.

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