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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