puddling

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Synonyms: piddling, cuddling, pudding, paddling, huddling, peddling, muddling, fuddling, ruddling, guddling, buddling

Antonyms: piddling, cuddling, pudding, paddling, huddling, peddling, muddling, fuddling, ruddling, guddling, buddling

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Noun

1. The action of forming a [[puddle]].
2. The process of working [[clay]], [[loam]], pulverized [[ore]], etc., with [[water]], to render it [[compact]], or [[impervious]] to [[liquid]]s.
3. {{lb|en|canal engineering}} The act of [[lining]] a [[canal]] with [[puddle]] to make it [[watertight]].
4. {{lb|en|metallurgy|historical}} The processing of [[pig iron]] (with high carbon content) by placing it into a [[reverberatory furnace]], stirring to expose it to oxygen and create [[puddled]] [[iron]] and then (with further stirring to fully decarbonize it) [[wrought iron]].
5. A group of [[mallard|mallards]] (ducks).
6. A behaviour in which animals like butterflies seek out [[moist]] substances to obtain [[nutrients]].

Verb

1. {{infl of|en|puddle||ing-form}}

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