1. [n]  something resembling a pool of liquid; "he stood in a pool of light"; "his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines"
2. [n]  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"
3. [n]  a mixture of wet clay and sand that can be used to line a pond and that is impervious to water when dry
4. [v]  eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug"
5. [v]  mix up or confuse; "He muddled the issues"
6. [v]  make a puddle by splashing water
7. [v]  make into a puddle; "puddled mire"
8. [v]  mess around, as in a liquid or paste; "The children are having fun puddling in paint"
9. [v]  work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud
10. [v]  dip into mud before planting, of young plants
11. [v]  subject to puddling, as of iron; form by puddling, as of metal
12. [v]  wade or dabble in a puddle, as of ducks or geese

Puddle
One rainy day, a young boy dresses in his rain slicker, hat, and boots and sets off to sail his toy boat in a puddle. There he meets a group of extraordinary friends, including a pushy frog, a tea-serving turtle, and a thirsty elephant. Illustrated with watercolor and ink paintings.

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1. \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.
   

2. \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.
   

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