The Collaborative International Dictionary
Coddle \Cod"dle\ (k[o^]d"d'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coddled (-d'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Coddling (-dl[i^]ng).] [Cf. Prov. E. caddle to coax, spoil, fondle, and Cade, a. & v. t.] [Written also codle.]
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To parboil, or soften by boiling.
It [the guava fruit] may be coddled.
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To treat with excessive tenderness; to pamper.
How many of our English princes have been coddled at home by their fond papas and mammas!
--Thackeray.He [Lord Byron] never coddled his reputation.
--Southey.
Wiktionary
vb. (obsolete form of coddle English)
Usage examples of "codle".
The codling told us that a Rebel spy had been caught trying its fords a little while ago, and was now at Camp Curtin with a heavy ball chained to his leg,--a popular story, but a lie, Dr.
M: We took another ride behind the codling, who showed us the sights of yesterday over again.
A similar approach is also used to monitor numbers of codling moths in apple orchards.
South American plant, this botanical insecticide was discovered in the early 1940s and has proved good for control of codling moths in apple, pear and quince trees.
Viviana raged alone among the trees at dusk, bitterness eating out the apple of her heart like codling larvae.
The codling told us that a Rebel spy had been caught trying its fords a little while ago, and was now at Camp Curtin with a heavy ball chained to his leg,--a popular story, but a lie, Dr.
M: We took another ride behind the codling, who showed us the sights of yesterday over again.
A similar approach is also used to monitor numbers of codling moths in apple orchards.
South American plant, this botanical insecticide was discovered in the early 1940s and has proved good for control of codling moths in apple, pear and quince trees.