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- Whiting - p. pr. & vb. n. - of White
- Whiting - n. - A common European food fish (Melangus vulgaris) of the Codfish family; -- called also fittin.
- Whiting - n. - A North American fish (Merlucius vulgaris) allied to the preceding; -- called also silver hake.
- Whiting - n. - Any one of several species of North American marine sciaenoid food fishes belonging to genus Menticirrhus, especially M. Americanus, found from Maryland to Brazil, and M. littoralis, common from Virginia to Texas; -- called also silver whiting, and surf whiting.
- Whiting - n. - 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-mop - n. - A young whiting.
- Whiting-mop - n. - A fair lass.
- Hake - n. - One of several species of marine gadoid fishes, of the genera Phycis, Merlucius, and allies. The common European hake is M. vulgaris; the American silver hake or whiting is M. bilinearis. Two American species (Phycis chuss and P. tenius) are important food fishes, and are also valued for their oil and sounds. Called also squirrel hake, and codling.
- Tacaud - n. - The bib, or whiting pout.
- Bib - n. - An arctic fish (Gadus luscus), allied to the cod; -- called also pout and whiting pout.
- Whitewash - n. - A composition of line and water, or of whiting size, and water, or the like, used for whitening walls, ceilings, etc.; milk of lime.
- Pout - n. - The European whiting pout or bib.