noun
pl. -·ings or -·ing any of various edible marine fishes, including the silver hake, the corvina of the California coast, and various kingfishes
Origin of whiting
Middle English from Middle Dutch wijting from wit, whitewhiting
whit·ing powdered chalk used in making paints, inks, etc.
Origin of whiting
Middle English hwiting: see white, transitive verb + -ingWebster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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whiting
noun
A pure white grade of chalk that has been ground and washed for use in paints, ink, and putty.
Origin of whiting
Middle English whityng from whiten to whiten from white white ; see white .noun
pl. whiting, or whit·ings- A food fish (Merlangius merlangus) of the eastern North Atlantic and the Black Sea, closely related to and resembling the cod.
- Any of various marine food fishes having delicate white flesh, especially several hakes of the genus Merluccius and several kingfishes of the genus Menticirrhus.
Origin of whiting
Middle English whitynge from Middle Dutch wijting ; see kweit- in Indo-European roots.THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Origin
white +"Ž -ing
Noun
(plural whitings or whiting)
Origin
From Old English hwitling. Related to the colour white. Cognate to Dutch wijting (“whiting").
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