Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Puddle"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Puddle \Pud"dle\, v. i.
To make a dirty stir. [Obs.] --R. Junius.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Puddle \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.
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Puddle \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
puddle
n 1: a mixture of wet clay and sand that can be used to line a
pond and that is impervious to water when dry
2: a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid;
"there were puddles of muddy water in the road after the
rain"; "the body lay in a pool of blood" [syn: {pool}]
3: something resembling a pool of liquid; "he stood in a pool
of light"; "his chair sat in a puddle of books and
magazines" [syn: {pool}]
v 1: wade or dabble in a puddle, as of ducks or geese
2: subject to puddling, as of iron; form by puddling, as of
metal
3: dip into mud before planting, of young plants
4: work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud
5: mess around, as in a liquid or paste; "The children are
having fun puddling in paint"
6: make into a puddle; "puddled mire" [syn: {muddle}]
7: make a puddle by splashing water
8: mix up or confuse; "He muddled the issues" [syn: {addle}, {muddle}]
9: eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive
rug" [syn: {make}, {urinate}, {piddle}, {micturate}, {piss},
{pee}, {pee-pee}, {make water}, {relieve oneself}, {take
a leak}, {spend a penny}, {wee}, {wee-wee}, {pass water}]
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