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First Reading

TerryF  •  Link

Cod´lin
Cod·ling n.
[Cf. AS. codæppel a quince.]
(a) An apple fit to stew or coddle. (b) An immature apple. 'A codling when 't is almost an apple.' Shak. [Twelfth Night, I.v.] http://www.answers.com/topic/codl…

Second Reading

Bill  •  Link

CODLIN, an Apple proper to be coddled or stewed
---An universal etymological English dictionary. N. Bailey, 1724.

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