To muffle is to quiet a sound, usually by wrapping it with something. If you try to speak with a scarf over your mouth, your voice will be muffled.
The bare end of the nose between the nostrils; -- used esp. of ruminants.
Noun
a kiln with an inner chamber for firing things at a low temperature
Verb
conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one''s anger"; "strangle a yawn"
Verb
deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
n.
The bare end of the nose between the nostrils; -- used esp.
of ruminants.
v. t.
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.
v. t.
To prevent seeing, or hearing, or speaking, by wraps
bound about the head; to blindfold; to deafen.
v. t.
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.
v. i.
To speak indistinctly, or without clear articulation.
v. t.
Anything with which another thing, as an oar or drum, is
muffled; also, a boxing glove; a muff.
v. t.
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.
v. t.
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.
v. t.
A pulley block containing several sheaves.
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Muffle
The face lies muffled up within the garment.
He muffled with a cloud his mournful eyes.
Muffled up in darkness and superstition.2.
Muffle
Muffle
The bare end of the nose between the nostrils; -- used esp. of ruminants.
To wrap up in something that conceals or protects; to wrap, as the face and neck, in thick and disguishing folds; hence, to conceal or cover the face of; to envelop; to inclose; -- often with up.
To speak indistinctly, or without clear articulation.
Anything with which another thing, as an oar or drum, is muffled; also, a boxing glove; a muff.
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