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whiting¹ Definition

whit·ing (hwītiŋ, wīt-)

noun pl. -·ings or -·ing

any of various edible marine fishes, including the silver hake, the corvina of the California coast, and various kingfishes

Etymology: ME < MDu wijting < wit, white

whiting² Definition

whit·ing (hwītiŋ, wīt-)

noun

powdered chalk used in making paints, inks, etc.

Etymology: ME hwiting: see white, + -ing

whiting Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • catch: One blind whiting caught on a line in the harbor, Tenby, Pembrokeshire.
  • cod: In winter, thoughts turn to cod, whiting and flounders.
  • produce: The autumn and winter months produce whiting and codling.
  • dab: A terrible strain on such a rod but it brought me my first successes with plaice, flounder, dab, whiting and mackerel.
  • add: Then push the leek to the side of the pan and add the whiting.
  • use: I rarely use whiting, since I am also involved in fusing.

Adjective modifier

  • blue: Blue whiting - a key species in the mid-water ecosystems of the north-eastern Atlantic.
  • small: A whole small whiting or half a dab proves the better bait for tope, rays and huss, especially the whiting.
  • whole: A whole small whiting or half a dab proves the better bait for tope, rays and huss, especially the whiting.
  • good: There are large cod and good whiting in the winter and big shore smoothhounds in the summer.

Modifies a noun

  • filet: We deal in all types of fresh fish with cod, haddock, and whiting filets being our specialty.
  • stock: The whiting stock is also outside safe biological limits and a recovery plan with zero catch rate proposed.

Preposition: in

  • winter: Good for codling and whiting in winter, mullet roam in the summer with the chance of a bass after dark.
whiting Quotes

'Extremes meet', as the whiting said with its tail in its mouth.

—Honorius of Autun

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