DCHP-1 Online
whiting Lab., Obs. 
n. See 1792 quote.
- 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.
- 1792 Whitings [are] Trees which have been barked and left standing.