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ChitinChitin Chi"tin, n. [See Chiton.] (Chem.)
A white amorphous horny substance forming the harder part of
the outer integument of insects, crustacea, and various other
invertebrates; entomolin. Chitinization
Chitinization Chi`ti*ni*za"tion, n.
The process of becoming chitinous.
Chitinous
Chitinous Chi"ti*nous, a.
Having the nature of chitin; consisting of, or containing,
chitin.
coal whitingCoalfish Coal"fish`, n. [Named from the dark color of the
back.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The pollock; -- called also, coalsey, colemie,
colmey, coal whiting, etc. See Pollock.
(b) The beshow or candlefish of Alaska.
(c) The cobia. Surf whitingSurf Surf, n. [Formerly spelled suffe, and probably the same
word as E. sough.]
The swell of the sea which breaks upon the shore, esp. upon a
sloping beach.
Surf bird (Zo["o]l.), a ploverlike bird of the genus
Aphriza, allied to the turnstone.
Surf clam (Zo["o]l.), a large clam living on the open
coast, especially Mactra, or Spisula, solidissima. See
Mactra.
Surf duck (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of sea
ducks of the genus Oidemia, especially O.
percpicillata; -- called also surf scoter. See the Note
under Scoter.
Surf fish (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
California embiotocoid fishes. See Embiotocoid.
Surf smelt. (Zo["o]l.) See Smelt.
Surf whiting. (Zo["o]l.) See under Whiting. UrechitinUrechitin U`re*chi"tin, n. (Chem.)
A glucoside extracted from the leaves of a certain plant
(Urechitis suberecta) as a bitter white crystalline
substance. WhitingWhite White, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Whited; p. pr. & vb. n.
Whiting.] [AS. hw[=i]tan.]
To make white; to whiten; to whitewash; to bleach.
Whited sepulchers, which indeed appear beautiful
outward, but are within full of . . . uncleanness.
--Matt. xxiii.
27.
So as no fuller on earth can white them. --Mark. ix. 3. whitingBarb Barb, n. [F. barbe, fr. L. barba beard. See Beard, n.]
1. Beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place
of it.
The barbel, so called by reason of his barbs, or
wattles in his mouth. --Walton.
2. A muffler, worn by nuns and mourners. [Obs.]
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.]
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.
5. A bit for a horse. [Obs.] --Spenser.
6. (Zo["o]l.) One of the side branches of a feather, which
collectively constitute the vane. See Feather.
7. (Zo["o]l.) A southern name for the kingfishes of the
eastern and southeastern coasts of the United States; --
also improperly called whiting.
8. (Bot.) A hair or bristle ending in a double hook. whiting poutBib Bib, n. [From Bib, v., because the bib receives the
drink that the child slavers from the mouth.]
1. A small piece of cloth worn by children over the breast,
to protect the clothes.
2. (Zo["o]l.) An arctic fish (Gadus luscus), allied to the
cod; -- called also pout and whiting pout.
3. A bibcock. Whiting-mop
Whiting-mop Whit"ing-mop`, n. [Obs.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A young whiting. [Prov. Eng.]
2. A fair lass. ``This pretty whiting-mop.' --Massinger.
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