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puddling
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Puddling
(gcide) | Puddle \Pud"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Puddled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Puddling.]
1. To make foul or muddy; to pollute with dirt; to mix dirt
with (water).
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Some unhatched practice . . .
Hath puddled his clear spirit. --Shak.
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2.
(a) To make dense or close, as clay or loam, by working
when wet, so as to render impervious to water.
(b) To make impervious to liquids by means of puddle; to
apply puddle to.
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3. To subject to the process of puddling, as iron, so as to
convert it from the condition of cast iron to that of
wrought iron. --Ure.
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Puddled steel, steel made directly from cast iron by a
modification of the puddling process.
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Puddling
(gcide) | Puddling \Pud"dling\, n.
1. (Hydraul. Engin.)
(a) The process of working clay, loam, pulverized ore,
etc., with water, to render it compact, or impervious
to liquids; also, the process of rendering anything
impervious to liquids by means of puddled material.
(b) Puddle. See Puddle, n., 2.
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2. (Metal.) 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.
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Puddling furnace, a reverberatory furnace in which cast
iron is converted into wrought iron or into steel by
puddling.
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puddling
(encz) | puddling,pudlování n: Zdeněk Brož |
Puddling furnace
(gcide) | Puddling \Pud"dling\, n.
1. (Hydraul. Engin.)
(a) The process of working clay, loam, pulverized ore,
etc., with water, to render it compact, or impervious
to liquids; also, the process of rendering anything
impervious to liquids by means of puddled material.
(b) Puddle. See Puddle, n., 2.
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2. (Metal.) 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.
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Puddling furnace, a reverberatory furnace in which cast
iron is converted into wrought iron or into steel by
puddling.
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