codling

plural codlings

1. A young small cod.

   Here a couple of old men in whiskers and spectacles leant over us, making strange sounds. Some codling had got caught in the net the same time as we were. These the old men threw back into the sea; but us they seemed to think very precious. …

   1922, Hugh Lofting, The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle, part 4, chapter 2, The Fidgit's Story

2. A hake (cod-related food fish), especially one from the genus Urophycis.

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of codle

plural codlings · alternative codlin

1. A small, immature apple

   To make Codling Cream. Take twenty fair codlings, core them, beat them in a mortar with a pint of cream, strain it into a dish, put into it some crumbs of brown bread, with a little-sack, and dish it up.

   1800, Hannah Glasse, Maria Wilson, “The Complete Confectioner”, in Creams, &c.

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   Malvolio: Not yet old enough for a man, nor yong enough for a boy: as a squash is before tis a pescod, or a Codling when tis almost an Apple: Tis with him in standing water, betweene boy and man. He is verie well-fauour'd, and he speakes verie shrewishly: One would thinke his mothers milke were scarse out of him

   c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene v]

2. Any of various greenish, elongated English apple varieties, used for cooking

1. A surname.

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   "HS2's London tunnels will help ensure many homes and habitats in the capital remain undisturbed. This is a key part of our commitment to deliver Britain's new high-speed railway in the most environmentally friendly way and minimising disruption to our neighbours," said HS2 Ltd Client Director Malcolm Codling.

   2020 October 21, “Network News: London tunnel contracts awarded with work to start in 2022”, in Rail, pages 12–13