Whited sepulchers, which indeed appear beautiful
outward, but are within full of . . . uncleanness.
--Matt. xxiii.
27.
So as no fuller on earth can white them. --Mark. ix. 3.
Note: Various other fishes are locally called whiting, as the
kingfish
(a), the sailor's choice
(b), the Pacific tomcod, and certain species of lake
whitefishes.
2. Chalk prepared in an impalpable powder by pulverizing and
repeated washing, used as a pigment, as an ingredient in
putty, for cleaning silver, etc.
{Whiting pollack}. (Zo["o]l.) Same as {Pollack}.
{Whiting pout} (Zo["o]l.), the bib, 2.
The barbel, so called by reason of his barbs, or
wattles in his mouth. --Walton.
2. A muffler, worn by nuns and mourners. [Obs.]
3. pl. Paps, or little projections, of the mucous membrane,
which mark the opening of the submaxillary glands under
the tongue in horses and cattle. The name is mostly
applied when the barbs are inflamed and swollen. [Written
also {barbel} and {barble}.]
4. The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook,
etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence:
Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or
crosswise to something else. ``Having two barbs or
points.'' --Ascham.
5. A bit for a horse. [Obs.] --Spenser.
6. (Zo["o]l.) One of the side branches of a feather, which
collectively constitute the vane. See {Feather}.
7. (Zo["o]l.) A southern name for the kingfishes of the
eastern and southeastern coasts of the United States; --
also improperly called {whiting}.
8. (Bot.) A hair or bristle ending in a double hook.
Seedtime and harvest . . . shall not cease. --Gen
viii. 22.
At harvest, when corn is ripe. --Tyndale.
2. That which is reaped or ready to be reaped or gath??ed; a
crop, as of grain (wheat, maize, etc.), or fruit.
Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe.
--Joel iii.
13.
To glean the broken ears after the man That the main
harvest reaps. --Shak.
3. The product or result of any exertion or labor; gain;
reward.
The pope's principal harvest was in the jubilee.
--Fuller.
The harvest of a quiet eye. --Wordsworth.
{Harvest fish} (Zo["o]l.), a marine fish of the Southern
United States ({Stromateus alepidotus}); -- called
{whiting} in Virginia. Also applied to the dollar fish.
{Harvest fly} (Zo["o]l.), an hemipterous insect of the genus
{Cicada}, often called {locust}. See {Cicada}.
{Harvest lord}, the head reaper at a harvest. [Obs.]
--Tusser.
{Harvest mite} (Zo["o]l.), a minute European mite ({Leptus
autumnalis}), of a bright crimson color, which is
troublesome by penetrating the skin of man and domestic
animals; -- called also {harvest louse}, and {harvest
bug}.
{Harvest moon}, the moon near the full at the time of harvest
in England, or about the autumnal equinox, when, by reason
of the small angle that is made by the moon's orbit with
the horizon, it rises nearly at the same hour for several
days.
{Harvest mouse} (Zo["o]l.), a very small European field mouse
({Mus minutus}). It builds a globular nest on the stems of
wheat and other plants.
{Harvest queen}, an image pepresenting Ceres, formerly
carried about on the last day of harvest. --Milton.
{Harvest spider}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Daddy longlegs}.