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puddle
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puddle
Rowing the patch of eddying water left by the blade of an oar after completion of a stroke
puddle [pəd·əl]
(engineering)
To apply water in order to settle loose dirt.
(metallurgy)
A batch of molten iron within the puddling furnace.
puddle
To compact loose soil by first soaking it and then permitting it to dry.
puddle, clay puddle, puddling
Clay to which a little water has been added and which then has been tempered, to make it homogeneous and to increase its plasticity; used to prevent the passage of water.
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We have tornado-like winds almost all year around, scorching heat during the summer and freezing temperatures in the winter, not to mention hard clay soil that allows pools of water to puddle around our plants and trees.
IN THE GARDEN HARD SOIL REQUIRES PATIENCE by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
She would be just sitting there with a puddle around her knowing she'd done wrong but unable to help herself.
Op dog Jemma recovers lust for active life by Amardeep_bassey, Amardeep Bassey / Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
When a sprinkler valve is shut off or closed, the slightest flow of water through the valve will puddle around sprinklers in the line.
SPRINKLERS IN THE PINK KEEP LAWNS GREEN by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
 
 
 
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