Add to ORKGwhiting nA thin wooden "spoon" used to remove bark from trees for use in packing fish in drums. A smooth section of the trunk was cut around at top and bottom and the shim was then worked around under the bark or rind so as to remove it in one sheet. The trees so rinded, when dead and weathered, were called "whtends", and provided prime fuel. The prctice was discontinued inthe century.G.M. Story, 8/71 JH 8/71Used I and SupUsed I and Sup1Not used[see 'whitens'] 'whitings' whiting, whitin', white en