Pool

n. [A-S. pôl, pûl, L. Ger. pool, pohl, puhl, D. poel, M. H. Ger. pfuol, N. H. Ger. pfühl, Dan. & Sw. pol, Icel. pollr, allied to Lat. palus. Cf. PUDDLE.] 1. A small and rather deep collection of fresh water supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream. Charity will hardly water the ground where it must first fill a pool. Bacon. 2. A small body of standing and even of stagnant water; a puddle. “The filthy mantled pool behind your cell.” Shak.