| Muffle (muffle) |
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| n. | (m f"f'l) |
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| Muf"fle |
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The
bare end of the nose between the nostrils; -- used esp. of
ruminants.
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| Muffle (muffle) |
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| v. t. | |
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| Muf"fle |
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To wrap up in something that conceals or
protects] to wrap, as the face and neck, in thick and disguising
folds; hence, to conceal or cover the face of; to envelop; to
inclose; -- often with up.
To prevent seeing, or hearing, or
speaking, by wraps bound about the head; to blindfold; to
deafen.
To wrap with something that dulls or
deadens the sound of; as, to muffle the strings of a drum, or
that part of an oar which rests in the rowlock.
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| Muffle (muffle) |
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| v. i. | |
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| Muf"fle |
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To speak indistinctly, or
without clear articulation.
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Anything with
which another thing, as an oar or drum, is muffled; also, a boxing
glove; a muff.
An earthenware compartment
or oven, often shaped like a half cylinder, used in furnaces to
protect objects heated from the direct action of the fire, as in
scorification of ores, cupellation of ore buttons, etc.
A small oven for baking
and fixing the colors of painted or printed pottery, without exposing
the pottery to the flames of the furnace or kiln.
A pulley block containing several
sheaves.
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