Puddle

Definitions

1. A small, often temporary, pool of water, usually on a path or road.
2. Stagnant or polluted water.
   dialectal
3. A homogeneous mixture of clay, water, and sometimes grit, used to line a canal or pond to make it watertight.
4. The ripple left by the withdrawal of an oar from the water.

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Examples

“Foꝛ with the only be theſe welles of lyfe, / Of frayle men ſpring but podels of myꝛe, / From whom ſourdeth errour ⁊ croked ſtrife[…]”

“And fast beside a little brooke did pas / Of muddie water, that like⟳ puddle stank […].”

“searching their habitations for water, we could fill⟳ but three barricoes, and that such puddle, that never till then we ever knew the want⟳ of good water.”

“I had only to see⟳ the 'puddle' to know⟳ that your paddle made it.”

“As the blade exits the water the puddle is very tight and dark. It is also very quiet.”

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