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noun
The action of forming a puddle.
The process of working clay, loam, pulverized ore, etc., with water, to render it compact, or impervious to liquids.
The act of lining a canal with puddle to make it watertight.
The first true industrial process to produce steel from pig iron.
A group of mallards (ducks).