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Webster 1913 Edition

Muffle

Muf′fle

(mŭf′f’l)
,
Noun.
The bare end of the nose between the nostrils; – used esp. of ruminants.

Muf′fle

,
Verb.
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 or fit 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; to
muffle
the exhaust of a motor vehicle
.

Muf′fle

,
Verb.
I.
[Cf. F.
maffle
,
mumble
, D.
moffelen
.]
To speak indistinctly, or without clear articulation.

Muf′fle

,
Noun.
[F.
moufle
, prop., a mitten, from the resemblance in shape. See
Muffle
,
Verb.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Muffle

MUF'FLE

, v.t.
1.
To cover from the weather by cloth, fur or any garment; to cover close, particularly the neck and face.
You must be muffled up like ladies.
The face lies muffled up within the garment.
2.
To blindfold.
Alas! that love whose view if muffled still--
He muffled with a cloud his mournful eyes.
3.
To cover; to conceal; to involve.
They were in former ages muffled in darkness and superstition.
4.
In seamanship, to put matting or other soft substance round an oar, to prevent its making a noise.
5.
To wind something round the strings of a drum to prevent a sharp sound, or to render the sound grave and solemn.

MUF'FLE

,
Verb.
I.
To mutter; to speak indistinctly or without clear articulation.

MUF'FLE

,
Noun.
In chimistry, a vessel in the shape of an oblong arch or vault, closed behind by a semi-circular plane, the floor of which is a rectangular plane; or in other words, a little oven to be placed in a furnace, and under which small cupels and crucibles are placed, in which substances are subjected to heat without coming in contact with fuel, smoke or ashes; used in metallurgic operations.

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