Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fittin"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Whiting \Whit"ing\, n. [From {White}.]
1. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A common European food fish ({Melangus vulgaris}) of
the Codfish family; -- called also {fittin}.
(b) A North American fish ({Merlucius vulgaris}) allied to
the preceding; -- called also {silver hake}.
(c) Any one of several species of North American marine
sci[ae]noid food fishes belonging to genus
{Menticirrhus}, especially {M. Americanus}, found from
Maryland to Brazil, and {M. littoralis}, common from
Virginia to Texas; -- called also {silver whiting},
and {surf whiting}.
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.
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