puddling
verb
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To form a puddle.
To play or splash in a puddle.
Of butterflies, to congregate on a puddle or moist substance to pick up nutrients.
To process iron, gold, etc., by means of puddling.
noun
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The action of forming 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.
The first true industrial process to produce steel from pig iron.