whiting

plural whitings

1. uncountableusuallyA fine white chalk used in paints, putty, whitewash etc.

   1918, Hannah Teresa Rowley, Mrs. Helen Louise (Wales) Farrell, Principles of Chemistry Applied to the Household Precipitated calcium carbonate, a very fine powdery form, is used as a basis for many tooth powders and pastes. As whiting it finds a wide use in cleaning metals of their tarnishes.

   Synonyms: whitening

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of white

plural whitings

1. A fish, Merlangius merlangus (family Gadidae), similar to cod, found in the North Atlantic; English whiting (US).
2. Any fish of many species that resemble Merlangius merlangus:
   1. USAny of several marine fish found in North American coastal waters, including hakes (genus Merluccius), especially Merluccius bilinearis (silver hake).
   2. CanadaAlaska pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus, syn. Theragra chalcogramma).
   3. A blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou), a marine fish of the Northern Hemisphere.
   4. A southern blue whiting (Micromesistius australis), a marine fish of the Southern Hemisphere.

      Other deep creatures now being harvested or targeted as seafood include rattails, skates, squid, red crabs, orange roughy, black oreos, smooth oreos, hoki, blue ling, southern blue whiting, sablefish, black scabbard fish and spiny dogfish.

      1995 December 26, William J. Broad, “Creatures of the Deep Find Their Way to the Table”, in The New York Times

   5. in family Sillaginidae, smelt-whitings, inhabiting Indo-Pacific marine coasts, many species of which are commercially important whitefish.
   6. in family Sciaenidae, Menticirrhus americanus (Carolina whiting, king whiting, southern kingcroaker, and southern kingfish) found along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States.

plural Whitings · alternative Witting

1. countableuncountableA surname.
2. A number of places in the United States:
   1. countableuncountableA city in Lake County, Indiana.
   2. countableuncountableA minor city in Monona County, Iowa.
   3. countableuncountableA minor city and township in Jackson County, Kansas.
   4. countableuncountableA town in Washington County, Maine.
   5. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Mississippi County, Missouri.
   6. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Manchester Township, Ocean County, New Jersey.
   7. countableuncountableA township in Bowman County, North Dakota.
   8. countableuncountableA town in Addison County, Vermont.
   9. countableuncountableA village in Portage County, Wisconsin.
   10. countableuncountableA census-designated place in Platte County, Wyoming.