distillation vs puddling

distillation

noun
  • The act of falling in drops, or the act of pouring out in drops. 

  • The substance extracted by distilling. 

  • That which falls in drops. 

  • Purification through repeated or continuous distilling; rectification. 

  • Separation into specific hydrocarbon groups; fractionation. 

puddling

noun
  • The action of forming a puddle. 

  • The act of lining a canal with puddle to make it watertight. 

  • The first true industrial process to produce steel from pig iron. 

  • A group of mallards (ducks). 

  • A behaviour in which animals like butterflies seek out moist substances to obtain nutrients. 

  • The process of working clay, loam, pulverized ore, etc., with water, to render it compact, or impervious to liquids. 

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