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whiting |
7 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Kingfish \King"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]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[=i]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["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. 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. ``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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Harvest \Har"vest\, n. [OE. harvest, hervest, AS h[ae]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["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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: whiting n 1: flesh of a cod-like fish of European Atlantic waters 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 [syn: {silver hake}, {Merluccius bilinearis}] 6: a food fish of European Atlantic waters resembling the cod; sometimes placed in genus Gadus [syn: {Merlangus merlangus}, {Gadus merlangus}] 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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