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

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.
      1913 webster

            some unhatched practice . . .
            hath puddled his clear spirit.        --shak.
      1913 webster

   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.
          1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   puddled steel, steel made directly from cast iron by a
      modification of the puddling process.
      1913 webster
see also:
puddled puddling puddled steel 

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

puddling \pud"dling\, n.
   1. hydraul. engin.
      a the process of working clay, loam, pulverized ore,
          etc., with water, to render it compact, or impervious
          to liquids; also, the process of rendering anything
          impervious to liquids by means of puddled material.
      b puddle. see puddle, n., 2.
          1913 webster

   2. metal. the art or process of converting cast iron into
      wrought iron or steel by subjecting it to intense heat and
      frequent stirring in a reverberatory furnace in the
      presence of oxidizing substances, by which it is freed
      from a portion of its carbon and other impurities.
      1913 webster

   puddling furnace, a reverberatory furnace in which cast
      iron is converted into wrought iron or into steel by
      puddling.
      1913 webster
see also:
puddle puddling furnace 

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