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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PUD'DLE, n. A small stand of dirty water; a muddy splash.
PUD'DLE, v.t. To make foul or muddy; to pollute with dirt; to mix dirt and water.
1. To make thick or close.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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, puddle]
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, puddle] v
1: wade or dabble in a puddle; "The ducks and geese puddled in the backyard"
2: subject to puddling or form by puddling; "puddle iron"
3: dip into mud before planting; "puddle 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, puddle]
7: make a puddle by splashing water
8: mix up or confuse; "He muddled the issues" [syn: addle, muddle, puddle]
9: eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug" [syn: make, urinate, piddle, puddle, micturate, piss, pee, pee-pee, make water, relieve oneself, take a leak, spend a penny, wee, wee-wee, pass water]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English podel; akin to Low German pudel puddle, Old English pudd ditch Date: 14th century 1. a very small pool of usually dirty or muddy water 2. a. an earthy mixture (as of clay, sand, and gravel) worked while wet into a compact mass that becomes impervious to water when dry b. a thin mixture of soil and water for puddling plants II. verb (puddled; puddling) Date: 15th century intransitive verb to dabble or wade around in a puddle transitive verb 1. to make muddy or turbid ; muddle 2. a. to work (a wet mixture of earth or concrete) into a dense impervious mass b. to subject (iron) to the process of puddling 3. a. to strew with puddles b. to compact (soil) especially by working when too wet c. to dip the roots of (a plant) in a thin mud before transplanting • puddler noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a small pool, esp. of rainwater on a road etc. 2 clay and sand mixed with water and used as a watertight covering for embankments etc. 3 a circular patch of disturbed water made by the blade of an oar at each stroke. --v. 1 tr. a knead (clay and sand) into puddle. b line (a canal etc.) with puddle. 2 intr. make puddle from clay etc. 3 tr. stir (molten iron) to produce wrought iron by expelling carbon. 4 intr. a dabble or wallow in mud or shallow water. b busy oneself in an untidy way. 5 tr. make (water etc.) muddy. 6 tr. work (mixed water and clay) to separate gold or opal. Derivatives: puddler n. puddly adj. Etymology: ME podel, puddel, dimin. of OE pudd ditch

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Puddle Pud"dle, v. i. To make a dirty stir. [Obs.] --R. Junius.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(puddles) A puddle is a small, shallow pool of liquid that has spread on the ground. The road was shiny with puddles, but the rain was at an end. ...puddles of oil. N-COUNT: oft N of n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Pool (of dirty water), muddy plash.

Moby Thesaurus

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