codling — Dicionário de inglês

Substantivo

1. A young small cod.

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   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. …

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

Substantivo

1. A small, immature apple

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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

   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.

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

Substantivo

1. young codfish

   Termos mais gerais

   codcodfish