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.
Muffle
(Muf"fle), v. i. [Cf. F. maffle, mumble, D. moffelen.] To speak indistinctly, or without clear
articulation.
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.
Muffler
(Muf"fler) n.
1. Anything used in muffling; esp., a scarf for protecting the head and neck in cold weather; a tippet.
Fortune is painted blind, with a muffler above her eyes.
Shak. 2. (Mus.) A cushion for terminating or softening a note made by a stringed instrument with a keyboard.
3. A kind of mitten or boxing glove, esp. when stuffed.
4. One who muffles.
Muflon
(Muf"lon) n. (Zoöl.) See Mouflon.
Mufti
(Muf"ti) n.; pl. Muftis [Ar. mufti.] An official expounder of Mohammedan law.
Mufti
(Muf"ti), n. Citizen's dress when worn by a naval or military officer; — a term derived from the
British service in India. [Colloq. Eng.]
Mug
(Mug) n. [Cf. Ir. mugam a mug, mucog a cup.]
1. A kind of earthen or metal drinking cup, with a handle, — usually cylindrical and without a lip.
2. The face or mouth. [Slang] Thackeray.
