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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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Puddle \Pud"dle\, n. [OE. podel; cf. LG. pudel, Ir. & Gael. plod
pool.]
1. A small quantity of dirty standing water; a muddy plash; a
small pool. --Spenser.
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2. Clay, or a mixture of clay and sand, kneaded or worked,
when wet, to render it impervious to water.
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{Puddle poet}, a low or worthless poet. [R.] --Fuller.
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Puddle \Pud"dle\, v. i.
To make a dirty stir. [Obs.] --R. Junius.
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