codling
TWELFTH NIGHT, i. 5. 149.
“(A mere diminutive of cod) . . . means an involucrum or kell, and was used by our old writers for
that early state of vegetation, when the fruit, after shaking off the blossom, began to
assume a globular and determinate form.”
Gifford's note on Jonson's
Works, vol. iv. p. 24.
A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works. Alexander Dyce. Boston. Dana Estes and Company. 1904.
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