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English Dictionary: Whiting by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
whiting
n
  1. flesh of a cod-like fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe
  2. flesh of any of a number of slender food fishes especially of Atlantic coasts of North America
  3. a small fish of the genus Sillago; excellent food fish
  4. any of several food fishes of North American coastal waters
  5. found off Atlantic coast of North America
    Synonym(s): silver hake, Merluccius bilinearis, whiting
  6. a food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe resembling the cod; sometimes placed in genus Gadus
    Synonym(s): whiting, Merlangus merlangus, Gadus merlangus
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kingfish \King"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) An American marine food fish of the genus {Menticirrus},
            especially {M. saxatilis}, or {M. nebulosos}, of the
            Atlantic coast; -- called also {whiting}, {surf whiting},
            and {barb}.
      (b) The opah.
      (c) The common cero; also, the spotted cero. See {Cero}.
      (d) The queenfish.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   White \White\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Whited}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Whiting}.] [AS. hw[c6]tan.]
      To make white; to whiten; to whitewash; to bleach.
  
               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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Whiting \Whit"ing\, n. [From {White}.]
      1. (Zo[94]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[91]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[94]l.) Same as {Pollack}.
  
      {Whiting pout} (Zo[94]l.), the bib, 2.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Barb \Barb\, n. [F. barbe, fr. L. barba beard. See {Beard}, n.]
      1. Beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place
            of it.
  
                     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. [bd]Having two barbs or
            points.[b8] --Ascham.
  
      5. A bit for a horse. [Obs.] --Spenser.
  
      6. (Zo[94]l.) One of the side branches of a feather, which
            collectively constitute the vane. See {Feather}.
  
      7. (Zo[94]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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Harvest \Har"vest\, n. [OE. harvest, hervest, AS. h[91]rfest
      autumn; akin to LG. harfst, D. herfst, OHG. herbist, G.
      herbst, and prob. to L. carpere to pluck, Gr. [?] fruit. Cf.
      {Carpet}.]
      1. The gathering of a crop of any kind; the ingathering of
            the crops; also, the season of gathering grain and fruits,
            late summer or early autumn.
  
                     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[94]l.), a marine fish of the Southern
            United States ({Stromateus alepidotus}); -- called
            {whiting} in Virginia. Also applied to the dollar fish.
  
      {Harvest fly} (Zo[94]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[94]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[94]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[94]l.) See {Daddy longlegs}.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Whiting, IA (city, FIPS 85215)
      Location: 42.12638 N, 96.15074 W
      Population (1990): 683 (272 housing units)
      Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 51063
   Whiting, IN (city, FIPS 84122)
      Location: 41.67817 N, 87.48670 W
      Population (1990): 5155 (2318 housing units)
      Area: 4.6 sq km (land), 3.9 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 46394
   Whiting, KS (city, FIPS 78100)
      Location: 39.58865 N, 95.61141 W
      Population (1990): 213 (106 housing units)
      Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 66552
   Whiting, NJ
      Zip code(s): 08759
   Whiting, WI (village, FIPS 86975)
      Location: 44.48902 N, 89.56191 W
      Population (1990): 1838 (653 housing units)
      Area: 4.6 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water)
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