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Definitions for Puddling

[1] the act of a person or thing that puddles.
[2] Metallurgy . the act or process of melting pig iron in a reverberatory furnace (puddling furnace) and converting it into wrought iron.
[3] the act or method of making puddle.
[4] puddle(def 3) .
[5] a small pool of water, as of rainwater on the ground.
[6] a small pool of any liquid.
[7] clay or the like mixed with water and tempered, used as a waterproof lining for the walls of canals, ditches, etc.
[8] to mark or scatter with puddles.
[9] to wet with dirty water, mud, etc.
[10] to make (water) muddy or dirty.
[11] to muddle or confuse.
[12] to make (clay or the like) into puddle.
[13] to cover with pasty clay or puddle.
[14] Metallurgy . to subject (molten iron) to the process of puddling.
[15] to destroy the granular structure of (soil) by agricultural operations on it when it is too wet.
[16] Horticulture . to dip the roots of (a tree, shrub, etc.) into a thin mixture of loam and water to retard drying out during transplanting.
[17] to wade in a puddle: The children were puddling.
[18] to be or become puddled: The backyard was puddling.
[19] a process for converting pig iron into wrought iron by heating it with ferric oxide in a furnace to oxidize the carbon
[20] building trades the process of making a puddle
[21] a small pool of water, esp of rain
[22] a small pool of any liquid
[23] a worked mixture of wet clay and sand that is impervious to water and is used to line a pond or canal
[24] rowing the patch of eddying water left by the blade of an oar after completion of a stroke
[25] (tr) to make (clay, etc) into puddle
[26] (tr) to subject (iron) to puddling
[27] (intr) to dabble or wade in puddles, mud, or shallow water
[28] (intr) to mess about

Words related to Puddling

loiter, mess, dabble, fidget, fool, interfere, niggle, poke, doodle, puddle, tinker, fiddle, fritter, potter, repair, play, toy, monkey, putter, fix

Words nearby Puddling

pudding stone, pudding-pipe tree, puddingwife, puddle, puddle-jumper, puddling, puddock, pudency, pudendal artery, pudendal canal, pudendal nerve

Origin of Puddling

e1300–50; (noun) Middle English puddel, podel, pothel, apparently diminutive of Old English pudd ditch, furrow (akin to Low German pudel puddle); (v.) late Middle English pothelen, derivative of the noun

Other words from Puddling

pud·dler , noun
pud·dly , adjective
un·pud·dled , adjective

Word origin for Puddling

eC14 podel, diminutive of Old English pudd ditch, of obscure origin

Synonyms for Puddling

amuse oneself, dabble, dawdle, doodle, fool around, loiter, muck around, play, play around, play the fool, potter, puddle, putter, tinker, trifle