PUDDLING
\pˈʌdlɪŋ], \pˈʌdlɪŋ], \p_ˈʌ_d_l_ɪ_ŋ]\
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Puddle. See Puddle, n., 2.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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The act of rendering impervious to water by means of clay: the process of converting cast into bar or wrought iron.
By Daniel Lyons
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n. Act of working together moist clay, earth, and sand, so as to form a compound impervious to water ; also, act of rendering water-tight by means of such compound, as the bed or embankments of a canal, dock, &c.;-process by which cast iron is decarbonized and converted into malleable or wrought iron.
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