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whiting¹

  (hwī'tĭng, wī'-)

A pure white grade of chalk that has been ground and washed for use in paints, ink, and putty.

[Middle English whityng, from whiten, to whiten, from white, white. See white.]

1. A food fish (Merlangus merlangus) of European Atlantic waters, related to the cod.
2. Any of several marine food fishes of the genera Menticirrhus and Merluccius, including the corbina and the silver hake, of North American coastal waters.

[Middle English whitynge, from Middle Dutch wijting.]

White fish, Merlangius merlangus.

Small gray and silver fish related to both cod and hake. They're sometimes called silver hake. The whiting's lowfat flesh is white, firm textured and delicately flavored. The fish weighs between 1 and 5 pounds and is marketed (fresh and frozen) both whole and in fillets. Whiting is also available salted and smoked. It can be poached, steamed, broiled, panfried or baked. See also fish.

A grade of calcium carbonate used to polish dental surfaces.

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Calcium carbonate pigment; used as an extender in paint, in putty, and in whitewash.

Whiting is the name of several species of fish, see whiting (fish).

Whiting (fish) is harvested by the Pacific Whiting Conservation Cooperative.

Whiting is powdered calcium carbonate sometimes added to paint to improve the paint's opacity.

The are several small towns called Whiting in the United States of America:

• Whiting, Indiana
• Whiting, Iowa
• Whiting, Kansas
• Whiting, Maine
• Whiting, Vermont
• Whiting, Wisconsin

Also listed on GNIS are:

• Whiting, Missouri
• Whiting, New Jersey
• Whiting, Wyoming

Surname

Whiting is also a surname. According to the 1990 U.S. Census, it is the 2565th most popular surname in the United States, carried by 0.005% of the population.

• Charlie Whiting - FIA Formula One Race Director
• Danny Whiting - fictional character in BBC soap opera EastEnders
• E.M. Whiting - captain of the USS Massachusetts (BB-54) in the 1920s
• John Whiting (1917-1963) - John Robert Whiting, English dramatist and critic
• Justin Rice Whiting (1847-1903) - Michigan politician
• Leonard Whiting (b. 1950) - British actor
• Margaret Whiting (b. 1924) - traditional pop music singer, daughter of Richard A. Whiting
• Napoleon Whiting (1910-1984) - African American character actor
• Nathan Whiting (1724-1771) - soldier and merchant in Colonial America
• Richard Whiting (1500s) - last Abbot of Glastonbury Abbey before Dissolution of the Monasteries - see Little Jack Horner
• Richard A. Whiting (1891-1938) writer of popular songs, father of Margaret Whiting and Barbara Whiting Smith
• Roy William Whiting (b. 1959) - car mechanic and murderer: see Murder of Sarah Payne
• William Whiting (1825 – 1878) - English writer and hymnist, wrote the words to "Eternal Father, Strong to Save" (The Navy Hymn)
• William F. Whiting (1864-1936) - William Fairfield Whiting, Massachusetts politician
• William H. C. Whiting (1824-1865) - William Henry Chase Whiting, American Civil War army officer
• William Whiting (politician) (1813-1873) - Massachusetts
• William Whiting II (politician) (1841-1911) - Massachusetts

Other

• Whiting Writers' Award.

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - hvilling

2.
n. - hvidtekalk, slæmmet kridt

Nederlands (Dutch)
wijting, kalkpoeder

Français (French)
1.
n. - (Zool) merlan

2.
n. - agent blanchissant, blanc

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - (zo.) Wittling

2.
n. - SchlÄmmkreide

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ασβεστόχρωμα, (ιχθυολ.) μερλούγγιος

Italiano (Italian)
gesso in polvere, bianco di Spagna, merlango

Português (Portuguese)
n. - giz pulverizado (m)

Русский (Russian)
мерланг, серебристая мерлуза, хек, белила, отбелка

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - merluza

2.
n. - blanco de España, yeso blanco

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - vitkalkning

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
白粉, 白垩

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 白堊粉,白粉

2.
n. - 牙鱈;小鰭鱈

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 대구과의 일종인 물고기

2.
n. - 호분, 백악(whitening)

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - タラの一種, ニベ科の食用魚, 胡粉, 白亜

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الأبيض اي سمك بحري أبيض اللحم, تراب الطباشير الأبيض‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮עיט-הים (דג-ים)‬
n. - ‮סיד, חומר הלבנה‬

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