codling

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So that it may be fairly surmised that the habitual use of natural unsweetened cider keeps held in solution materials which are otherwise liable to be separated in a solid form by the kidneys Pippins are apples which have been raised from pips; [32] a codling is an apple which requires to be "coddled," stewed, or lightly boiled, being yet sour and unfit for eating whilst raw.

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  1. noun A greenish elongated English apple used for cooking.
  2. noun A small unripe apple.
  3. noun A young cod.

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  • As the tide rises, lithe and glashin, brazers, gurnet, rock codling, and crowds of cuddings come here to feed, and the fisherman, on those rare days, when he can land at all, may count on bringing home with him great bunches of fish strung through the gills The rock lay far enough from the cliff to be clear of the shadow. —  The Northern Iron
  • On the rocks beside them lay two or three small codling, a large flounder, two good-sized lythe, and nearly a dozen saithe. —  The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols
  • In a few minutes he felt a twitch, which caused him to return a remarkably vigorous twitch, as it were in reply The fish and the sailor for some minutes acted somewhat the part of electricians in a telegraph office; when the fish twitched, Briant twitched; when the fish pulled and paused, Briant pulled and paused, and when the fish held on hard, Briant pulled hard, and finally pulled him ashore, and a very nice plump rock-codling he was. —  The Red Eric
  • The codling-moth of the apple causes a greater money loss than any other enemy of fruits. —  Checking the Waste A Study in Conservation
  • The black grosbeak is another variety that deserves encouragement in every way, for it eats the chrysalis of the codling-moth that is so serious a foe to our apple crop. —  Checking the Waste A Study in Conservation
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  1. Alteration of Middle English querdlyng, possibly from Anglo-Norman *querdelion, lionheart : Old French cuer, heart; see courage + de, of (from Latin dē; see de-) + Old French lion, lion; see lion.

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  1. from cod, in various senses, + diminutive -ling.
  2. from Middle English codling, properly a young cod. but applied to several different fish; diminutive of cod.
  3. Origin obscure.
 

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/ˈkɑdlɪŋ/
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