whiting
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whiting - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Harvest \Har"vest\ (h[aum]r"v[e^]st), 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.
karpo`s 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.
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Seedtime and harvest . . . shall not cease. --Gen.
viii. 22.
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At harvest, when corn is ripe. --Tyndale.
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2. That which is reaped or ready to be reaped or gathered; a
crop, as of grain (wheat, maize, etc.), or fruit.
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Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe.
--Joel iii.
13.
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To glean the broken ears after the man
That the main harvest reaps. --Shak.
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3. The product or result of any exertion or labor; gain;
reward.
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The pope's principal harvest was in the jubilee.
--Fuller.
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The harvest of a quiet eye. --Wordsworth.
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Harvest fish (Zool.), a marine fish of the Southern United
States (Stromateus alepidotus); -- called whiting in
Virginia. Also applied to the dollar fish.
Harvest fly (Zool.), an hemipterous insect of the genus
Cicada, often called locust. See Cicada.
Harvest lord, the head reaper at a harvest. [Obs.]
--Tusser.
Harvest mite (Zool.), 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 (Zool.), 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 representing Ceres, formerly
carried about on the last day of harvest. --Milton.
Harvest spider. (Zool.) See Daddy longlegs.
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Kingfish \King"fish`\ (k[i^]ng"f[i^]sh`), n. (Zool.)
(a) An American marine food fish of the genus Menticirrus,
especially Menticirrus saxatilis, or Menticirrus 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.
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White \White\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Whited; p. pr. & vb. n.
Whiting.] [AS. hw[imac]tan.]
To make white; to whiten; to whitewash; to bleach.
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Whited sepulchers, which indeed appear beautiful
outward, but are within full of . . . uncleanness.
--Matt. xxiii.
27.
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So as no fuller on earth can white them. --Mark. ix. 3.
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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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Barb \Barb\ (b[aum]rb), n. [F. barbe, fr. L. barba beard. See
Beard, n.]
1. Beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place
of it.
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The barbel, so called by reason of his barbs, or
wattles in his mouth. --Walton.
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2. A muffler, worn by nuns and mourners. [Obs.]
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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.]
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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.
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5. A bit for a horse. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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6. (Zool.) One of the side branches of a feather, which
collectively constitute the vane. See Feather.
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7. (Zool.) A southern name for the kingfishes of the eastern
and southeastern coasts of the United States; -- also
improperly called whiting.
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8. (Bot.) A hair or bristle ending in a double hook.
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whiting - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :
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 [syn: silver hake
, Merluccius bilinearis, whiting]
6: a food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe resembling the
cod; sometimes placed in genus Gadus [syn: whiting,
Merlangus merlangus, Gadus merlangus]
whiting - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :
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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