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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Puddle \Pud"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Puddled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Puddling}.]
1. To make foul or muddy; to pollute with dirt; to mix dirt
with (water).
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Some unhatched practice . . .
Hath puddled his clear spirit. --Shak.
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2.
(a) To make dense or close, as clay or loam, by working
when wet, so as to render impervious to water.
(b) To make impervious to liquids by means of puddle; to
apply puddle to.
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3. To subject to the process of puddling, as iron, so as to
convert it from the condition of cast iron to that of
wrought iron. --Ure.
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{Puddled steel}, steel made directly from cast iron by a
modification of the puddling process.
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