Fittin

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Whiting \Whit"ing\, n. [From {White}.]
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     1. (Zool.)
        (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
            sciaenoid food fishes belonging to genus
            {Menticirrhus}, especially {Menticirrhus Americanus},
            found from Maryland to Brazil, and {Menticirrhus
            littoralis}, common from Virginia to Texas; -- called
            also {silver whiting}, and {surf whiting}.
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     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.
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     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.
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     {Whiting pollack}. (Zool.) Same as {Pollack}.
  
     {Whiting pout} (Zool.), the bib, 2.
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