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   puddle

   /ˈpʌdl/

   noun

   • 1. a small pool of liquid, especially of rainwater on the ground: "splashing through deep puddles"
   • 2. clay and sand mixed with water and used as a watertight covering for embankments.
   • 3. a circular patch of disturbed water made by the blade of an oar at each stroke.

   verb

   • 1. wet or cover (a surface) with water, especially rainwater: "the cobbles under our feet were wet and puddled"
   • ▪ (of liquid) form a small pool: "rivulets of water coursed down the panes, puddling on the sill"
   • ▪ dabble or wallow in mud or shallow water: archaic "children are playing and puddling about in the dirt"
   • 2. line (a hole) with puddle: "he dug and puddled a large pond"
   • ▪ knead (clay and sand) into puddle.
   • ▪ work (mixed water and clay) to separate gold or opal.
   • ▪ stir (molten iron) with iron oxide in a furnace, to produce wrought iron by oxidizing carbon: historical "my father helped puddle the iron that has braced this city's rising towers"

   Word Origin Middle English: diminutive of Old Englishpudd ‘ditch, furrow’; compare with German dialect Pfudel ‘pool’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. puddler noun
   • 2. puddly adjective

   Scrabble Points: 10

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