Editing Puzzle (section)

==Etymology==
The ''[[Oxford English Dictionary]]'' dates the word ''puzzle'' (as a [[verb]]) to the  16th century. Its earliest use documented in the ''OED'' was in a book titled ''The Voyage of [[Robert Dudley (explorer)|Robert Dudley]]...to the West Indies, 1594–95, narrated by Capt. Wyatt, by himself, and by Abram Kendall, master'' (published circa 1595). The word later came to be used as a [[noun]], first as an [[abstract noun]] meaning 'the state or condition of being puzzled', and later developing the meaning of 'a perplexing problem'. The ''OED''{{'}}s earliest clear citation in the sense of 'a toy that tests the player's ingenuity' is from Sir [[Walter Scott]]'s 1814 novel ''[[Waverley (novel)|Waverley]]'', referring to a toy known as a "reel in a bottle".<ref>"puzzle, n." OED Online. Oxford University Press, December 2019. Web. 21 January 2020.</ref>

The etymology of the verb ''puzzle'' is described by ''OED'' as "unknown"; unproven hypotheses regarding its origin include an Old English verb ''puslian'' meaning 'pick out', and a derivation of the verb ''pose''.<ref>"puzzle, v." OED Online. Oxford University Press, December 2019. Web. 21 January 2020.</ref>