Definition of muffle
- 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.