Codlin

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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