puddling (countable and uncountable, plural puddlings)
The action of forming a puddle.
The process of working clay, loam, pulverized ore, etc, with water, to render it compact, or impervious to liquids.
(canal engineering) The act of lining a canal with puddle to make it watertight.
(metallurgy, historical) The first true industrial process to produce steel from pig iron.
A group of mallards (ducks).
A behaviour in which animals like butterflies seek out moist substances to obtain nutrients.
puddling
present participle of puddle
Source: Wiktionary
Pud"dling, n.
1. (Hydraul. Engin.) (a) The process of working clay, loam, pulverized ore, etc., with water, to render it compact, or impervious to liquids; also, the process of rendering anything impervious to liquids by means of puddled material. (b) Puddle. See Puddle, n., 2.
2. (Metal.)
Definition: The art or process of converting cast iron into wrought iron or steel by subjecting it to intense heat and frequent stirring in a reverberatory furnace in the presence of oxidizing substances, by which it is freed from a portion of its carbon and other impurities. Puddling furnace, a reverberatory furnace in which cast iron is converted into wrought iron or into steel by puddling.
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
13 June 2025
(noun) an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets; “the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane”
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