Pŭd'dle1, n.
n. [L. Ger. pudel. Cf. Pool.]
- A small quantity of dirty standing water; a muddy plash.
- A mixture of clay and sand, worked together with water, until they are impervious to water.
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Puddle
Pūd'dle2, v. t.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. PUDDLED; p. pr. & vb. n. PUDDLING.] 1. To make foul or muddy; to pollute with dirt; to mix dirt and water. *Some unhatched practice Hath puddled his clear spirit.* Shak.
- To make thick or close with clay, sand and water, so as to render impervious to water.
- To subject to the process of puddling, as iron, to convert it from the condition of cast iron to that of wrought iron. Ure.
Puddled steel, steel made directly from cast iron by a modification of the puddling process.
Pŭd'dle3, v. i.
v. i. To make a dirty stir. Junius.