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Puddling

To form a puddle.

📖 Definitions of "Puddling"

verb
  1. 1

    To form a puddle.

  2. 2

    To play or splash in a puddle.

  3. 3

    Of butterflies, to congregate on a puddle or moist substance to pick up nutrients.

  4. 4

    To process iron, gold, etc., by means of puddling.

noun
  1. 1

    The action of forming a puddle.

  2. 2

    The process of working clay, loam, pulverized ore, etc., with water, to render it compact, or impervious to liquids.

  3. 3

    (canal engineering) The act of lining a canal with puddle to make it watertight.

  4. 4

    The first true industrial process to produce steel from pig iron.

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