See Also: puddling process(encyclopedia)
puddling(medicine)
Inside Water - Water Polo(gambling)
DUE PROCESS(law)
Process(money)
Rau's process(medicine)
Process(medicine)
Due Process(money)
due process(encyclopedia)
Process Mix(money)

water-rat (iou) and puddling process (sh)


water-rat (iou)



water-rat noun. M16.
[from WATER noun + RAT noun1.]
Any of various larger semi-aquatic rodents of the family Muridae; esp. (a) the water-vole, Arvicola terrestris; (b) US the muskrat; (c) Austral. any rat of the genus Hydromys. M16.
fig. A water-borne thief, a pirate; derog. a sailor, a boatman. L16.
In pl. (Water Rats). A philanthropic show-business society. Also more fully Grand Order of Water Rats. E20.

puddling process (sh)




Method of converting pig iron into wrought iron by subjecting it to heat and frequent stirring in a furnace in the presence of oxidizing substances (see oxidation-reduction).

Invented by Henry Cort in 1784 (superseding the finery process), it was the first method that allowed wrought iron to be produced on a large scale.