Puddled

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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).
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              Some unhatched practice . . .
              Hath puddled his clear spirit.        --Shak.
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     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.
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     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.
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     {Puddled steel}, steel made directly from cast iron by a
        modification of the puddling process.
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