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whiting
Lab., Obs.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
See 1792 quote.
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1792
Whitings [are] Trees which have been barked and left standing.
1836
Even the sight of a "whiting" in the woods, that is, of a tree stripped of its bark for the uses of the fishery . . . seem to remind the lone traveller of the link which binds him to the rest of his species.