Category:Puddling

Pud"dling, n.

1. (hydraul. Engin.) (a) the process of working clay, loam, pulverized ore, etc., with Water, to render it compact, or impervious to liquids; also, the Process of rendering anything impervious to liquids by means of Puddled material. (b) puddle. See puddle, n., 2.

2. (metal.)

Defn: the art or process of converting cast iron into wrought iron or Steel by subjecting it to intense heat and frequent stirring in a Reverberatory furnace in the presence of oxidizing substances, by Which it is freed from a portion of its carbon and other impurities. Puddling furnace, a reverberatory furnace in which cast iron is Converted into wrought iron or into steel by puddling.