Definition of whiting
- p. pr. & vb. n. - of White
- n. - A common European food fish (Melangus vulgaris) of the
Codfish family; -- called also fittin.
- n. - A North American fish (Merlucius vulgaris) allied to the
preceding; -- called also silver hake.
- 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.
- 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.