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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Clay, or a mixture of clay and sand, kneaded or worked, when wet, to render it impervious to water. [ 1913 Webster ]

Puddle poet, a low or worthless poet. [ R. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

v. i. To make a dirty stir. [ Obs. ] R. Junius. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The lump of pasty wrought iron as taken from the puddling furnace to be hammered or rolled. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An iron bar made at a single heat from a puddle-ball hammering and rolling. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who converts cast iron into wrought iron by the process of puddling. [ 1913 Webster ]