codling noun¹. ['kɒdlɪŋ] Pl. same. ME.
[from COD noun² + -LING¹.]
A young or small cod.

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codling noun². ['kɒdlɪŋ] Also codlin [-lɪn]. LME.
[Anglo-Norman Quer de lion (French Cœur de lion) lion-heart.]
1. A cooking apple of a long tapering shape; the tree bearing this type of apple. Formerly also, any hard or unripe apple. LME.
KESWICK codling.

2. A raw youth. E-M17.

Comb.:
codling-moth a small moth, Cydia pomonella, whose larvae feed on apples; codlings-and-cream great hairy willowherb, Epilobium hirsutum.

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