Codlin \Cod"lin\, Codling \Cod"ling\, n. [Cf. AS. cod[ae]ppel a
quince.]
(a) An apple fit to stew or coddle.
(b) An immature apple.
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A codling when 't is almost an apple. --Shak.
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{Codling moth} (Zool.), a small moth ({Carpocapsa
Pomonella}), which in the larval state (known as the apple
worm) lives in apples, often doing great damage to the
crop.
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