Толковый словарь английского языка - puddle

I. noun Etymology: Middle English podel; akin to Low German pudel ~, Old English pudd ditch Date: 14th century a very small pool of usually dirty or muddy water, 2. an earthy mixture (as of clay, sand, and gravel) worked while wet into a compact mass that becomes impervious to water when dry, a thin mixture of soil and water for puddling plants, II. verb (~d; puddling) Date: 15th century intransitive verb to dabble or wade around in a ~, transitive verb to make muddy or turbid ; muddle, 2. to work (a wet mixture of earth or concrete) into a dense impervious mass, to subject (iron) to the process of puddling, 3. to strew with ~s, to compact (soil) especially by working when too wet, to dip the roots of (a plant) in a thin mud before transplanting, ~r noun