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.
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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Hake \Hake\, n. [Also haak.]
[Akin to Norweg. hakefisk, lit.,
hook fish, Prov. E. hake hook, G. hecht pike. See Hook.]
(Zo["o]l.)
One of several species of marine gadoid fishes, of the genera
Phycis, Merlucius, and allies. The common European hake
is M. vulgaris; the American silver hake or whiting is M.
bilinearis. Two American species (Phycis chuss and P.
tenius) are important food fishes, and are also valued for
their oil and sounds. Called also squirrel hake, and
codling.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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