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cod⋅ling

1  [kod-ling]
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–noun
1. British. any of several varieties of elongated apples, used for cooking purposes.
2. an unripe, half-grown apple.
Also, cod⋅lin  [kod-lin] .

Origin:
1400–50; late ME querdling, equiv. to querd (of obscure orig.) + -ling -ling 1
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cod⋅ling

2  [kod-ling]
–noun
the young of the cod.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME; see cod 1 , -ling 1
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cod·ling 1   (kŏd'lĭng)   
n.  

  1. A greenish elongated English apple used for cooking.

  2. A small unripe apple.


[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.]
cod·ling 2   (kŏd'lĭng)   
n.   pl. codling or cod·lings
A young cod.
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