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▪ I. puddler|ˈpʌdlə(r)|
[f. puddle v. + -er1.]
One who puddles: chiefly in technical senses.
1. a. A workman employed in puddling iron.
1831J. Holland Manuf. Metal I. 84 When in this semi-fluid state the puddler introduces an iron rod. 1894Bowker in Harper's Mag. Jan. 420 The flame may be made oxidising, neutral, or reducing, at the will of the puddler.
b. An implement or machine for puddling iron.
1875Knight Dict. Mech. s.v., Mechanical puddlers have assumed two forms. 1. The Mechanical Rabble... 2. The rotary puddling-furnace. 1894Bowker in Harper's Mag. Jan. 421 The so-called ‘puddlers’ invented by Mr. Samuel Danks of Cincinnati.
2. One who works clay, etc. into puddle, or who covers or lines something with puddle: see puddle v. 4.
1884C. G. W. Lock Workshop Receipts Ser. iii. 251/1 This is smoothed over with ‘puddlers' mine’ which is a soft hematite made into a paste with water. 1899Daily News 7 June 9/1 The puddlers, who must reach the clay, have had to go down as far as 63ft.
3. a. One engaged in puddling for gold or opals: see puddle v. 6.
1859Adelong Mining Jrnl. 15 July 6/3 A rather unpleasant case occurred on Monday, at Little Bendigo, between an European, and some Chinese puddlers. 1860Mining Surveyor's Rep. (Mining Dept., Victoria) Aug. 214 A valuable piece of ground which could be advantageously worked by the puddlers. 1883Keighley Who are You 55 The puddlers' horses are all at rest. 1890‘R. Boldrewood’ Col. Reformer (1891) 285 He was not a miner, a speculator, a reefer, nor an engine-driver, a clerk, or puddler. 1967S. Lloyd Lightning Ridge Bk. (1968) xiv. 99 Puddlers have ruined the whole Lightning Ridge Field.
b. A puddling machine.
1967A. Kalokerinos In Search of Opal ii. 19 Modern miners remove the..‘pay dirt’, in bulk..and spin it in a machine that sifts the dirt out and leaves the nobbies behind... These machines are called ‘puddlers’ and their variety is almost endless. 1971J. S. Gunn Opal Terminol. 37 There are two dams..at which miners rent sites..where they operate power-driven wet puddlers capable of handling several tons of dirt in one operation.
▪ II. puddler
dial. var. podler (young coal-fish). |