The Collaborative International Dictionary
Codlin \Cod"lin\, Codling \Cod"ling\, n. [Cf. AS. cod[ae]ppel a quince.]
An apple fit to stew or coddle.
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An immature apple.
A codling when 't is almost an apple.
--Shak.Codling moth (Zo["o]l.), 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.
Wiktionary
n. (alternative form of codling English)
WordNet
Usage examples of "codlin".
Codlin now bethought him of his companions, and acquainted mine host of the Sandboys that his partner Short, Nell and her grandfather might shortly be looked for.
Codlin having the responsibility of deciding on its length and of protracting or expediting the time for the hero’s final triumph over the enemy of mankind, according as he judged that the after-crop of half-pence would be plentiful or scant.
Codlin now bethought him of his companions, and acquainted mine host of the Sandboys that their arrival might be shortly looked for.