From en.wiktionary.org:
[Whiting]
** English
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Etymology 1
From [en].
**** Noun
[-]
1. A fine white chalk used in paint s, putty , whitewash etc.
2. * 1918 , Hannah Teresa Rowley, Mrs. Helen Louise (Wales) Farrell, _Principles of Chemistry Applied to the Household_
3. *: 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]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Danish: [da]
- Finnish: [fi]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Irish: [ga]
- Polish: [pl]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] [because just бели́ла would likely be understood as white lead, zinc white or titanium white]
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**** Verb
[en]
1. [en]
***** Derived terms
[en]
*** Etymology 2
[en] From [en], [enm], perhaps an alteration of [en], remodelled after [en].
Related to the colour white. Cognate with [nl], [non].
**** Noun
[s]
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. in family [Gadidae] :
1. [en] Any of several marine fish found in North American coastal waters, including hake s (genus [Merluccius] ), especially [Merluccius bilinearis] ( silver hake ).
2. [en] Alaska 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.
5. * [en]
2. in family [Sillaginidae] , [smelt-whiting] , inhabiting Indo-Pacific marine coasts, many species of which are commercially important whitefish .
3. 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.
***** Derived terms
{{col|en |[banded whiting] ([Sillago vittata]) |[Bass Strait whiting]
([Sillago flindersi]) |[bastard whiting] ([Sillago vittata]) |blue whiting
([Micromesistius potassou]) |[bullhead whiting] ([Menticirrus alburnus])
|[Carolina whiting] ([Menticirrhus americanus]) |[diver whiting] ([Sillago
maculata]) |[eastern school whiting] ([Sillago flindersi]) |[Flinders'
sillago] ([Sillago flindersi]) |[false whiting] ([Malacanthus brevirostris])
|[golden whiting] ([Sillago vittata]) |[Japanese whiting] ([Sillago japonica])
|King George whiting ([Sillaginodes punctatus]) |[king whiting] ([Menticirrhus
americanus]) |northern whiting ([Sillago sihama]) |[northern king whiting]
([Menticirrhus saxatilis]) |[Pacific whiting] ([Merluccius productus])
|[redspot whiting] ([Sillago flindersi]) |[rock whiting] ([Odacidae] spp.)
|sand whiting ([Sillago ciliata]) |[school whiting] ([Sillago] spp.) |silver
whiting ([Sillago sihama], [Sillago bassensis].[Sillago flindersi],
[Menticirrhus littoralis]) |southern school whiting ([Sillago bassensis])
|[spotted whiting] ([Sillago flindersi], [Sillaginodes punctatus]) |[surf
whiting] ([Menticirrhus littoralis]) |trawl whiting ([Sillago bassensis])
|[trumpeter whiting] ([Sillago maculata]) |[western school whiting] ([Sillago
vittata]) |whiting-mop |[winter whiting] ([Sillago maculata]) }}
***** Translations
[fish, _Merlangius merlangus_]
- Asturian: [ast] , [ast]
- Basque: [eu]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Irish: [ga]
- Norman: [nrf]
- Norwegian:
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Volapük: [♂♀] [vo] , [♂] [vo] , [♀] [vo]
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[fish of the family Sillaginidae]
- Japanese: [ja]
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*** References
- [Whiting (fish)]
Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, pg 3631
*** Anagrams
- [en]
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