coddle : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: coddle	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for coddle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
coddle v treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!" Synonym(s): pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge cook in nearly boiling water; "coddle eggs"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Coddle \Cod"dle\ (k[ocr]d"d'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Coddled} (-d'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Coddling} (-dl[icr]ng).] [Cf. {Prov}. E. caddle to coax, spoil, fondle, and {Cade}, a. & v. t.] [Written also {codle}.] 1. To parboil, or soften by boiling. It [the guava fruit] may be coddled. --Dampier. 2. 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.