| mud puddle | (n) a puddle of mud, Example: the children loved a mud puddle |
| puddle | (n) a mixture of wet clay and sand that can be used to line a pond and that is impervious to water when dry |
| puddle | (v) wade or dabble in a puddle, Example: The ducks and geese puddled in the backyard |
| puddle | (v) subject to puddling or form by puddling, Example: puddle iron |
| puddle | (v) dip into mud before planting, Example: puddle young plants |
| puddle | (v) work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud |
| puddle | (v) mess around, as in a liquid or paste, Example: The children are having fun puddling in paint |
| puddle | (v) make a puddle by splashing water |
| puddler | (n) a worker who turns pig iron into wrought iron by puddling |
| addle | (v) mix up or confuse, Syn. muddle, puddle, Example: He muddled the issues |
| make | (v) eliminate urine, Syn. piddle, piss, pee-pee, puddle, micturate, wee, pass water, spend a penny, wee-wee, relieve oneself, urinate, take a leak, make water, pee, Example: Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug |
| muddle | (v) make into a puddle, Syn. puddle, Example: puddled mire |
| pool | (n) a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid, Syn. puddle, Example: there were puddles of muddy water in the road after the rain; the body lay in a pool of blood |
| pool | (n) something resembling a pool of liquid, Syn. puddle, Example: he stood in a pool of light; his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines |
| Puddle | 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. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Clay, or a mixture of clay and sand, kneaded or worked, when wet, to render it impervious to water. [ 1913 Webster ]
Puddle poet, a low or worthless poet. [ R. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Puddle | 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). [ 1913 Webster ] Some unhatched practice . . .
Hath puddled his clear spirit. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
Puddled steel, steel made directly from cast iron by a modification of the puddling process. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Puddle | v. i. To make a dirty stir. [ Obs. ] R. Junius. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Puddle-ball | n. The lump of pasty wrought iron as taken from the puddling furnace to be hammered or rolled. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Puddle-bar | n. An iron bar made at a single heat from a puddle-ball hammering and rolling. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Puddler | n. One who converts cast iron into wrought iron by the process of puddling. [ 1913 Webster ] |
