puddlern.

Brit.

/ˈpʌdl̩ə/,

/ˈpʌdlə/, U.S.

/ˈpəd(ə)lər/

Forms: see puddle v. and -er suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: puddle v., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < puddle v. + -er suffix¹. With sense 1 compare later piddler n., pedlar n.² With sense 2a compare French puddleur (1827; apparently after English, although this is apparently first attested slightly later).

1. Originally Scottish. A person who acts without purpose or direction, or in a cursory or ineffectual manner. In later use: a dabbler, an amateur. Cf. pedlar n.², puddle v. 1.In quot. 1749 perhaps influenced by puddle v. 3b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > [noun] > trifling activity or time-wasting > one who

musardc1330

tifflerc1535

dalliera1568

pingler1578

puddlera1585

wag-wanton1601

fiddle-faddle1602

piddler1602

pedlara1625

potterer1837

frivolist1884

frivoller1889

tiddlywinker1893

muck-about1933

a1585 P. Hume Flyting with Montgomerie (Tullibardine) iv. 29 in D. J. Parkinson Poems A. Montgomerie (2000) 158 Pudlar, I pittie the so pynd To buckill him that beiris the bell.

1749 A. Hill Gideon (rev. ed.) i. iii. 3 Shine clear, my Soul! shun Flatt'ry's reptile Way: Nor court th'imperious Puddlers, of a Day.

1927 F. H. Martens tr. P. Landormy Hist. Music xx. 279 The son of a musical puddler, Hugo Wolf was convinced that a few drops of Latin blood flowed in his veins, and he always loved the great French musicians.

1993 Fortune 8 Feb. 27/1 The company..makes bicycle helmets for pros and puddlers alike.

2001 Southland (N.Z.) Times (Nexis) 30 July 6 Disconcertingly few of we internet puddlers would know exactly what that phrase [sc. ‘kilting an IPO’] means.

a. A person who puddles iron. Cf. puddle v. 5.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > metalworker > [noun] > melter > stirrer of molten metal

rabbler1824

puddler1831

1831 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal I. 84 When in this semi-fluid state the puddler introduces an iron rod.

1861 Atlantic Monthly Apr. 431/2 The old man, like many of the puddlers and feeders of the mills, was Welsh.

1933 Sun (Baltimore) 13 Oct. 1/1 Davis, known as ‘Puddler Jim’ from his days in the steel mill as a youth, said he would leave for Washington tonight.

1994 D. Cardwell Fontana Hist. Technol. vii. 171 It was..customary for puddlers to work as a team, taking turns to keep the iron stirred and assessing the changing composition of the melted iron.

b. An implement or machine for puddling iron. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > metalworking equipment > [noun] > stirring or puddling equipment

paddle1662

rabble1778

puddler1875

rabbler1875

raddle1875

rabble arm1895

1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 1815/1 Mechanical puddlers have assumed two forms. 1. The Mechanical Rabble... 2. The rotary puddling-furnace.

1892 F. Joynson Iron & Steel Maker 89 The worker of the puddler is..confined to..the production of the lumps or masses of metal technically called ‘balls’, and sometimes, though rarely in this country, ‘blooms’.

1959 Jrnl. Econ. Hist. 19 342 A Cincinnati manufacturer introduced a mechanical puddler around 1870.

a. A person who puddles wash-dirt, sediment, etc., for precious metals or gems. Cf. puddle v. 7. Now chiefly historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > one who washes or dresses ore

vanner1671

buddler1747

cobber1778

jigger1778

jigman1849

puddler1855

buddle-boy1860

spaller1884

tozer1885

stamps-man1891

gravitater1894

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > one who mines metals > goldminer > by washing

gold washer1625

puddler1855

sluicer1890

blacksander1897

1855 Ovens & Murray Advertiser (Beechworth) 14 Apr. 5/1 The rejected tailings of the ordinary miner are eagerly sought after by the puddlers.

1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 285 He was not a miner, a speculator, a reefer, nor an engine-driver, a clerk, or puddler.

1967 S. Lloyd Lightning Ridge Bk. (1968) xiv. 99 Puddlers have ruined the whole Lightning Ridge Field.

2004 Northern Miner (Austral.) (Nexis) 8 June 2 Mill at work... This photograph features puddlers at C M Coy's Brilliant Block Mill.

b. A machine for puddling wash-dirt, sediment, etc., for precious metals or gems.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for treating ores > [noun] > for washing ore > for opals

puddler1967

1888 F. Hume Madame Midas i. v. 44 The wash was carried along in the trucks from the top of the shaft to the puddlers, which were large circular vats into which water was constantly gushing.

1893 J. A. Barry Steve Brown's Bunyip 79 Surfiss is my dart—roun' about the old tailin's and puddlers. Down below's too risky.

1967 A. 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.

1988 Courier-Mail (Austral.) (Nexis) 20 May A puddler is a power-operated pulsator used to extract sapphires from gravels.

4. A person who makes puddle (puddle n. 3b), or who covers or lines something with puddle. Also: an implement used in making puddle. Cf. puddle v. 4.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > workers with other materials > [noun] > with clay

wedger1881

puddler1884

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > workers with other materials > [noun] > with clay > covering or lining

puddler1884

1884 C. G. W. Lock Workshop Receipts 3rd Ser. 251/1 This is smoothed over with ‘puddlers' mine’, which is a soft hematite made into a paste with water.

1899 Daily News 7 June 9/1 The puddlers, who must reach the clay, have had to go down as far as 63ft.

1961 Times 7 Nov. 8/3 The county is fortunate in having at Lackham an excellent example of a dewpond puddler... It was employed in working the clay lining of the pond.

2004 Bristol Evening Post (Nexis) 13 Jan. 48 The construction firm who built the reservoir, used to bus their employees in and out of the site every day. Perhaps you were one of them. Former clay puddlers would be especially welcome.

5. Chiefly North American = puddle duck n. (b) at puddle n. Compounds 2.

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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > domestic

mallard1314

puddle duck1841

mud duck1857

puddler1945

1945 Dixon (Illinois) Evening Tel. 6 Aug. 5/2 The new regulations, in effect, reduce hunting pressure on the puddler species, of which the grey mallard, widgeon, and pintail are a part.

1980 Hunting Ann. 1981 83/3 Ducks approaching the decoys against a stiff head wind are agonizingly slow. This is especially true of the large puddlers.

1994 Ontario Out of Doors Sept. 30/1 Early in the season, expect to bag local puddlers, mainly mallards, green-winged teal, and woodies.

Compounds

† puddler's ore n. Obsolete rare a soft variety of haematite formerly used for lining furnaces in which puddling takes place.

ΚΠ

1881 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 286/1 Softer varieties are known as ‘red ochre’ and ‘puddler's ore’, owing to their use for ‘fettling’ puddling furnaces and as pigments.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	puddler
释义	puddlern. Brit. /ˈpʌdl̩ə/, /ˈpʌdlə/, U.S. /ˈpəd(ə)lər/ Forms: see puddle v. and -er suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: puddle v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < puddle v. + -er suffix¹. With sense 1 compare later piddler n., pedlar n.² With sense 2a compare French puddleur (1827; apparently after English, although this is apparently first attested slightly later). 1. Originally Scottish. A person who acts without purpose or direction, or in a cursory or ineffectual manner. In later use: a dabbler, an amateur. Cf. pedlar n.², puddle v. 1.In quot. 1749 perhaps influenced by puddle v. 3b. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > [noun] > trifling activity or time-wasting > one who musardc1330 tifflerc1535 dalliera1568 pingler1578 puddlera1585 wag-wanton1601 fiddle-faddle1602 piddler1602 pedlara1625 potterer1837 frivolist1884 frivoller1889 tiddlywinker1893 muck-about1933 a1585 P. Hume Flyting with Montgomerie (Tullibardine) iv. 29 in D. J. Parkinson Poems A. Montgomerie (2000) 158 Pudlar, I pittie the so pynd To buckill him that beiris the bell. 1749 A. Hill Gideon (rev. ed.) i. iii. 3 Shine clear, my Soul! shun Flatt'ry's reptile Way: Nor court th'imperious Puddlers, of a Day. 1927 F. H. Martens tr. P. Landormy Hist. Music xx. 279 The son of a musical puddler, Hugo Wolf was convinced that a few drops of Latin blood flowed in his veins, and he always loved the great French musicians. 1993 Fortune 8 Feb. 27/1 The company..makes bicycle helmets for pros and puddlers alike. 2001 Southland (N.Z.) Times (Nexis) 30 July 6 Disconcertingly few of we internet puddlers would know exactly what that phrase [sc. ‘kilting an IPO’] means. 2. a. A person who puddles iron. Cf. puddle v. 5. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > metalworker > [noun] > melter > stirrer of molten metal rabbler1824 puddler1831 1831 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal I. 84 When in this semi-fluid state the puddler introduces an iron rod. 1861 Atlantic Monthly Apr. 431/2 The old man, like many of the puddlers and feeders of the mills, was Welsh. 1933 Sun (Baltimore) 13 Oct. 1/1 Davis, known as ‘Puddler Jim’ from his days in the steel mill as a youth, said he would leave for Washington tonight. 1994 D. Cardwell Fontana Hist. Technol. vii. 171 It was..customary for puddlers to work as a team, taking turns to keep the iron stirred and assessing the changing composition of the melted iron. b. An implement or machine for puddling iron. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > metalworking equipment > [noun] > stirring or puddling equipment paddle1662 rabble1778 puddler1875 rabbler1875 raddle1875 rabble arm1895 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 1815/1 Mechanical puddlers have assumed two forms. 1. The Mechanical Rabble... 2. The rotary puddling-furnace. 1892 F. Joynson Iron & Steel Maker 89 The worker of the puddler is..confined to..the production of the lumps or masses of metal technically called ‘balls’, and sometimes, though rarely in this country, ‘blooms’. 1959 Jrnl. Econ. Hist. 19 342 A Cincinnati manufacturer introduced a mechanical puddler around 1870. 3. a. A person who puddles wash-dirt, sediment, etc., for precious metals or gems. Cf. puddle v. 7. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > one who washes or dresses ore vanner1671 buddler1747 cobber1778 jigger1778 jigman1849 puddler1855 buddle-boy1860 spaller1884 tozer1885 stamps-man1891 gravitater1894 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > one who mines metals > goldminer > by washing gold washer1625 puddler1855 sluicer1890 blacksander1897 1855 Ovens & Murray Advertiser (Beechworth) 14 Apr. 5/1 The rejected tailings of the ordinary miner are eagerly sought after by the puddlers. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 285 He was not a miner, a speculator, a reefer, nor an engine-driver, a clerk, or puddler. 1967 S. Lloyd Lightning Ridge Bk. (1968) xiv. 99 Puddlers have ruined the whole Lightning Ridge Field. 2004 Northern Miner (Austral.) (Nexis) 8 June 2 Mill at work... This photograph features puddlers at C M Coy's Brilliant Block Mill. b. A machine for puddling wash-dirt, sediment, etc., for precious metals or gems. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for treating ores > [noun] > for washing ore > for opals puddler1967 1888 F. Hume Madame Midas i. v. 44 The wash was carried along in the trucks from the top of the shaft to the puddlers, which were large circular vats into which water was constantly gushing. 1893 J. A. Barry Steve Brown's Bunyip 79 Surfiss is my dart—roun' about the old tailin's and puddlers. Down below's too risky. 1967 A. 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. 1988 Courier-Mail (Austral.) (Nexis) 20 May A puddler is a power-operated pulsator used to extract sapphires from gravels. 4. A person who makes puddle (puddle n. 3b), or who covers or lines something with puddle. Also: an implement used in making puddle. Cf. puddle v. 4. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > workers with other materials > [noun] > with clay wedger1881 puddler1884 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > workers with other materials > [noun] > with clay > covering or lining puddler1884 1884 C. G. W. Lock Workshop Receipts 3rd Ser. 251/1 This is smoothed over with ‘puddlers' mine’, which is a soft hematite made into a paste with water. 1899 Daily News 7 June 9/1 The puddlers, who must reach the clay, have had to go down as far as 63ft. 1961 Times 7 Nov. 8/3 The county is fortunate in having at Lackham an excellent example of a dewpond puddler... It was employed in working the clay lining of the pond. 2004 Bristol Evening Post (Nexis) 13 Jan. 48 The construction firm who built the reservoir, used to bus their employees in and out of the site every day. Perhaps you were one of them. Former clay puddlers would be especially welcome. 5. Chiefly North American = puddle duck n. (b) at puddle n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > domestic mallard1314 puddle duck1841 mud duck1857 puddler1945 1945 Dixon (Illinois) Evening Tel. 6 Aug. 5/2 The new regulations, in effect, reduce hunting pressure on the puddler species, of which the grey mallard, widgeon, and pintail are a part. 1980 Hunting Ann. 1981 83/3 Ducks approaching the decoys against a stiff head wind are agonizingly slow. This is especially true of the large puddlers. 1994 Ontario Out of Doors Sept. 30/1 Early in the season, expect to bag local puddlers, mainly mallards, green-winged teal, and woodies. Compounds † puddler's ore n. Obsolete rare a soft variety of haematite formerly used for lining furnaces in which puddling takes place. ΚΠ 1881 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 286/1 Softer varieties are known as ‘red ochre’ and ‘puddler's ore’, owing to their use for ‘fettling’ puddling furnaces and as pigments. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1585
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