WHITING

The name of a species of the Cod tribe IJ\l ■rlangus vulgar is, Cuv.), and the type of a subgenus, distinguished from the true cod by the absence of the barbules at the chin. It is esteemed for the delicacy of its flavour and its easine of digestion. Whiting. Chalk carefully cleared of all stony matter, ground, levigated, and made up into small oblong cakes. As it is often used as a polishing material, it should be very carefully freed from all particles of flint or sand. [s. 1352]