They can, however, still get very high wages in hewing coal, or Puddling iron, because this is work, requiring great strength and endurance, which is not yet commonly done by machinery.
"Political economy"
W. Stanley Jevons
Some special care is taken in Puddling the bottom and sides to prevent leakage, and a layer of soot is usually employed to repel boring grubs or worms which would otherwise make their holes through and let the water soak into the thirsty chalk beneath.
"Wild Life in a Southern County"
Richard Jefferies
This is called Puddling.
"An Introduction to Chemical Science"
R.P. Williams