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| 1. n. A small pool of water, usually on a path or road. | |
| 2. n. (now dialectal) Stagnant or polluted water. | |
| 3. n. A homogeneous mixture of clay, water, and sometimes grit, used to line a canal or pond to make it watertight. | |
| 4. v. To form a puddle. | |
| 5. v. To play or splash in a puddle. | |
| 6. v. To process iron by means of puddling. | |
| 7. v. To line a canal with puddle (clay). | |
| 8. v. To collect ideas, especially abstract concepts, into rough subtopics or categories, as in study, research or conversation. | |
| 9. v. To make (clay, loam, etc.) dense or close, by working it when wet, so as to render impervious to water. | |
| 10. v. To make foul or muddy; to pollute with dirt; to mix dirt with (water). | |
