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whit·ing I. \ˈhwīd.]iŋ, -īt], ]ēŋ also ˈwī-\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle Dutch witinc, from wīt white + -inc -ing; akin to Old English hwīt white and to Old English -ing — more at white, -ing : any of various marine food fishes: as a. (1) : a common European fish (Merlangus merlangus) of the family Gadidae (2) : silver hake; broadly : a fish of the genus Merluccius b. : any of several No. American sciaenid fishes (genus Menticirrhus) — see corbina 1, king whiting, northern whiting, silver whiting c. Australia (1) : a fish of the genus Sillago (2) : a kelpfish of the genus Odax II. noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English, from gerund of whiten to white 1. archaic : the act or process of making white (as by whitewashing or bleaching) 2. : calcium carbonate prepared as powder by grinding chalk, limestone, or a synthetic product (as precipitated calcium carbonate) and used as a pigment and extender, in putty, and in rubber compounding and paper coating |