PUDDLE
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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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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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Pud"dle, v. i. To make a dirty stir. [Obs.] R. Junius.
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