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.