whiting, powdery substance

whiting, white, powdery substance, prepared by grinding chalk or some other source of calcium carbonate. When mixed with linseed oil it forms putty putty, commonly a mixture of whiting (calcium carbonate) and boiled linseed oil. Other substances may be combined with the oil to make putties suitable for some specific purpose.
..... Click the link for more information. , and with water and several other substances it constitutes whitewash whitewash, white fluid commonly used as an inexpensive, impermanent coating for walls, fences, stables, and other exterior structures. It varies in composition, being generally a mixture of lime (quicklime), water, flour, salt, glue, and whiting , with other
..... Click the link for more information. . It is used as a pigment, called Spanish white, as a filler in paints, for polishing metalware, and for various other purposes.

whiting, in zoology

whiting, fish: see croaker croaker, member of the abundant and varied family Sciaenidae, carnivorous, spiny-finned fishes including the weakfishes, the drums, and the whitings. The croaker has a compressed, elongated body similar to that of the bass.
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whiting

Species (Merlangius merlangus) of common marine food fish of the cod family (Gadidae), found in European waters and especially abundant in the North Sea. It feeds on invertebrates and small fishes. It has three dorsal and two anal fins; a chin barbel (a slender, fleshy feeler), if present, is very small. Whitings grow to less than 30 in. (70 cm) long. They are silvery, with a distinctive black blotch near the base of each pectoral fin. Several species of the family Sciaenidae are also called whiting. See also whitefish.

whiting¹

1. an important gadoid food fish, Merlangius (or Gadus) merlangus, of European seas, having a dark back with silvery sides and underparts

2. any of various similar fishes, such as Merluccius bilinearis, a hake of American Atlantic waters, and any of several Atlantic sciaenid fishes of the genus Menticirrhus

3. Austral any of several marine food fishes of the genus Sillago

4. whiting pout another name for bib (the fish)

whiting²

white chalk that has been ground and washed, used in making whitewash, metal polish, etc.

whiting [′wīd·iŋ]

(oceanography)

A patch of seawater that contains a substantial amount of calcium carbonate and therefore appears white relative to surrounding water.

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whiting, powdery substance

whiting, in zoology

whiting

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