Puddle
Pronunciation : Pud"dle
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. podel; cf. LG. pudel, Ir. & Gael. plod pool.]
Definition : 1. A small quantity of dirty standing water; a muddy plash; a small pool. Spenser.
2. Clay, or a mixture of clay and sand, kneaded or worked, when wet, to render it impervious to water. Puddle poet, a low or worthless poet. [R.] Fuller.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Pud"dle
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 1. To make foul or muddy; to pollute with dirt; to mix dirt with (water). Some unhatched practice . . . Hath puddled his clear spirit. Shak.
t. [imp. & p. p. Puddled; p. pr. & vb. n. Puddling.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Pud"dle
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To make a dirty stir. [Obs.] R. Junius.
i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913