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muffle

 

  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Muffle  \Muf"fle\,  v.  i.  [Cf.  F.  maffle,  mumble,  D.  moffelen.] 
  To  speak  indistinctly,  or  without  clear  articulation. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Muffle  \Muf"fle\,  n.  [F.  moufle,  prop.,  a  mitten,  from  the 
  resemblance  in  shape.  See  {Muffle},  v.  t.,  {Muff}.] 
  1.  Anything  with  which  another  thing  as  an  oar  or  drum,  is 
  muffled;  also  a  boxing  glove;  a  muff. 
 
  2.  (Metal.)  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 
 
  3.  (Ceramics)  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. 
 
  4.  A  pulley  block  containing  several  sheaves.  --Knight. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Muffle  \Muf"fle\  (m[u^]f"f'l),  n. 
  The  bare  end  of  the  nose  between  the  nostrils;  --  used  esp. 
  of  ruminants. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Muffle  \Muf"fle\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Muffled};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Muffling}.]  [Cf.  F.  moufle  a  mitten,  LL  muffula  OD  moffel 
  a  muff.  See  {Muff}.] 
  1.  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  --South. 
 
  The  face  lies  muffled  up  within  the  garment. 
  --Addison. 
 
  He  muffled  with  a  cloud  his  mournful  eyes.  --Dryden. 
 
  Muffled  up  in  darkness  and  superstition. 
  --Arbuthnot. 
 
  2.  To  prevent  seeing,  or  hearing,  or  speaking,  by  wraps  bound 
  about  the  head;  to  blindfold;  to  deafen. 
 
  3.  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  muffle 
  n  :  a  kiln  with  an  inner  chamber  for  firing  things  at  a  low 
  temperature 
  v  1:  conceal,  suppress,  or  hide;  "smother  a  yawn"  [syn:  {smother}, 
  {stifle}] 
  2:  deaden  (a  sound  or  noise),  esp.  by  wrapping  [syn:  {mute},  {dull}, 
  {damp},  {dampen},  {tone  down}] 
  3:  quieten  or  silence  (a  sound)  or  make  (an  image)  less  visible 
  [syn:  {dampen},  {mute},  {deaden},  {damp},  {tone  down}]




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