Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Puddle \Pud"dle\, v. i.
   To make a dirty stir. [Obs.] --R. Junius.

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.

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).

            Some unhatched practice . . . Hath puddled his clear
            spirit.                               --Shak.

   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.

   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.

   {Puddled steel}, steel made directly from cast iron by a
      modification of the puddling process.

Source : WordNet®

puddle
     v 1: wade or dabble in a puddle; "The ducks and geese puddled in
          the backyard"
     2: subject to puddling or form by puddling; "puddle iron"
     3: dip into mud before planting; "puddle young plants"
     4: work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud
     5: mess around, as in a liquid or paste; "The children are
        having fun puddling in paint"
     6: make into a puddle; "puddled mire" [syn: {muddle}]
     7: make a puddle by splashing water
     8: mix up or confuse; "He muddled the issues" [syn: {addle}, {muddle}]
     9: eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive
        rug" [syn: {make}, {urinate}, {piddle}, {micturate}, {piss},
         {pee}, {pee-pee}, {make water}, {relieve oneself}, {take
        a leak}, {spend a penny}, {wee}, {wee-wee}, {pass water}]

puddle
     n 1: a mixture of wet clay and sand that can be used to line a
          pond and that is impervious to water when dry
     2: a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid;
        "there were puddles of muddy water in the road after the
        rain"; "the body lay in a pool of blood" [syn: {pool}]
     3: something resembling a pool of liquid; "he stood in a pool
        of light"; "his chair sat in a puddle of books and
        magazines" [syn: {pool}]