PUDDLES
Noun
puddles
plural of puddle
Verb
puddles
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of puddle
Anagrams
• spuddle
Source: Wiktionary
PUDDLE
Pud"dle, n. Etym: [OE. podel; cf. LG. pudel, Ir. & Gael. plod pool.]
1. A small quantity of dirty standing water; a muddy plash; a small
pool. Spenser.
2. Clay, or a mixture of clay and sand, kneaded or worked, when wet,
to render it impervious to water. Puddle poet, a low or worthless
poet. [R.] Fuller.
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).
Some unhatched practice . . . Hath puddled his clear spirit. Shak.
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.
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.
Puddled steel, steel made directly from cast iron by a modification
of the puddling process.
Pud"dle, v. i.
Definition: To make a dirty stir. [Obs.] R. Junius.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition