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Webster 1913 Edition
Puddling
Pud′dling
,Noun.
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 , 2.
Puddle
, Noun.
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.
Puddling furnace
, a reverberatory furnace in which cast iron is converted into wrought iron or into steel by puddling.
Webster 1828 Edition
Puddling
PUD'DLING
,ppr.
Definition 2024
puddling
puddling
English
Noun
puddling (plural puddlings)
- The action of making a puddle.
- The process of working clay, loam, pulverized ore, etc., with water, to render it compact, or impervious to liquids.
- (canal engineering) The act of lining a canal with puddle to make it watertight.
- (metallurgy, historical) The first true industrial process to produce steel from pig iron.
- A group of mallards (ducks).
- A behaviour in which animals like butterflies seek out moist substances to obtain nutrients.
Translations
act of lining a canal with puddling
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the act of melting iron
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References
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puddling (metallurgy) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Mud-puddling on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Verb
puddling
- present participle of puddle