puddler
- noun
- /ˈpʌd.lər/
- Archaic
- As a puddler, his job required him to work long hours in front of the intense heat of the furnace.
Examples
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The puddler skillfully stirred the molten iron to remove impurities, turning it into high-quality wrought iron.
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When iron puddlers' poet Michael McGovern envisioned an ideal celebration for his union, he wrote,
Academic text (1997) -
Not only did we enjoy a nice little migration of puddlers and divers coming from the north on that Saturday, we were treated to a visit into the decoys by a pair of white-winged scoters that my boys were able to harvest on Sunday.
Blog text (26) -
Sure, it hurts if it's your livelihood that's at stake, but where were you when the charcoal-burners got driven out by the coal industry or the steel-puddlers got destroyed by the open hearth blast furnace?
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In the 19th century, many puddlers played a crucial role in the industrial revolution by producing stronger iron.
Synonyms
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A person who makes and shapes things from iron
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Morphology
Etymology
Puddler comes from the everyday word puddle, which means a 'small pool' of water or mud. In the 18th–19th century industry, 'puddling' meant stirring hot pig iron until it became cleaner and pasty, so a puddler is the worker who did that stirring.