(hwī′ting) noun
A pure white chalk, levigated and washed for use in making putty and whitewash, as a pigment, and for polishing.

(hwī′ting) noun
1. A small European gadoid food fish (Merlangus merlangus) without a barbel.
2. The hake (def. 1).
3. Any of several silvery sciaenoid fishes (genus Menticirrhus), especially the Carolina whiting (M. americanus), common on the coast of the southern United States.
4. The menhaden. [<MDu. wijting <wit white]