whiting

See also: Whiting

English

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -aɪtɪŋ

Etymology 1

white +‎ -ing

Noun

whiting (usually uncountable, plural whitings)

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

   Synonym: whitening

   Hyponyms: French white, Paris white, Spanish white

   • 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.

Translations

fine white chalk

• Catalan: blanc d'Espanya m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 白粉 (zh) (báifěn), 白堊／白垩 (zh) (bái'è), 白垩 (zh) (bái'è), 大白 (zh) (dàbái)

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• Finnish: liitujauho
• Russian: побе́лка (ru) f (pobélka)

See also

• whiting event

Verb

whiting

1. present participle of white

Etymology 2

a whiting (Merlangius merlangus)

From Middle English whityng, whytyng, perhaps an alteration of Old English hwītling (“whiting”), remodelled after white +‎ -ing (diminutive suffix). Related to the colour white. Cognate with Dutch wijting (“whiting”), Old Norse hvítingr (“a kind of whale”).

Noun

whiting (plural whitings or whiting)

1. A fish, Merlangius merlangus, similar to cod, found in the North Atlantic; English whiting (US).
2. Any fish of many species that resemble Merlangius merlangus:
   1. (US) Any of several marine fish found in North American coastal waters, including hakes (genus Merluccius), especially (the silver hake).
   2. Any of the species of (smelt-whitings) inhabiting Indo-Pacific marine coasts, many of which are commercially important whitefish.
   3. (Canada) Alaska pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus, syn. Theragra chalcogramma).
   4. A blue whiting (), a marine fish of the Northern Hemisphere.
   5. A southern blue whiting (), a marine fish of the Southern Hemisphere.
   6. (Carolina whiting, king whiting, southern kingcroaker, and southern kingfish) found along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States.
   7. (India, Australia) Any of the smelt-whitings, of the family , including Japanese whiting, King George whiting, northern whiting, sand whiting, and school whiting.

Translations

fish, Merlangius merlangus

• Catalan: merlà (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雪魚／雪鱼 (zh) (xuěyú), 雪鱼 (zh) (xuěyú), 牙鱈／牙鳕 (yáxuě), 牙鳕 (yáxuě), 鳕鱼 (zh) (xuěyú)

• Danish: hvilling c
• Esperanto: merlango
• Finnish: valkoturska (fi)
• French: merlan (fr) m
• German: Wittling (de) m, Merlan (de) m
• Norman: lieu m
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hvitting m

  Nynorsk: kviting m

• Portuguese: badejo (pt) m, pescada (pt) f
• Russian: мерла́нг (ru) m (merláng)
• Scottish Gaelic: cùiteag f
• Spanish: merlán (es) m
• Swedish: vitling (sv)
• Volapük: (♂♀) märlan, (♂) himärlan, (♀) jimärlan

fish of the family Sillaginidae

• Japanese: 鱚 (ja) (キス, kisu)
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References

• Whiting (fish) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, pg 3631

Anagrams

• withing