Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Puddle \Pud"dle\, n. [OE. podel; cf. LG. pudel, Ir. & Gael. plod
   pool.]
   1. A small quantity of dirty standing water; a muddy plash; a
      small pool. --Spenser.

   2. Clay, or a mixture of clay and sand, kneaded or worked,
      when wet, to render it impervious to water.

   {Puddle poet}, a low or worthless poet. [R.] --Fuller.