whiting

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: whit=ing

CIDE DICTIONARY

whiting, n. [From White.].

•  A common European food fish (Melangus vulgaris) of the Codfish family; -- called also fittin.  [1913 Webster]

  " 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."  [1913 Webster]
•  Chalk prepared in an impalpable powder by pulverizing and repeated washing, used as a pigment, as an ingredient in putty, for cleaning silver, etc.  [1913 Webster]

Whiting pollack. (Zoöl.) Same as Pollack. -- Whiting pout (Zoöl.), the bib, 2.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

whiting, n. a small white-fleshed fish, Merlangus merlangus, used as food.

whiting, n. ground chalk used in whitewashing, plate-cleaning, etc.