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verb

Muffle v. t. (past & past part. muffled; pres. part. muffling)

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. "The face lies muffled up within the garment." "He muffled with a cloud his mournful eyes." "Muffled up in darkness and superstition."

To prevent seeing, or hearing, or speaking, by wraps bound about the head; to blindfold; to deafen.

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.

Muffle v. i. To speak indistinctly, or without clear articulation.

adjective

muffled adj.

Same as muted; as, muffled drums; the muffled noises of the street.

Synonyms: dull, muted, softened.

Wrapped up especially for protection or secrecy; as, children muffled almost to the eyebrows.

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Etymology of 'Muffled'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Muffled" Quotes from Famous Books

... bells greeted his anxious ears. Now softer, and now louder, now inaudible, now ringing very slowly over bad ground, now brisk and merry, it came on; until with a loud shouting and lashing, a shadowy postillion muffled to the eyes, checked his four struggling horses at ...

— Dombey and Son • Charles Dickens

... think," said Sancho, "that the thoughts that allow one to make verses cannot be of great consequence; let your worship string verses as much as you like and I'll sleep as much as I can;" and forthwith, taking the space of ground he required, he muffled himself up and fell into a sound sleep, undisturbed by bond, debt, or trouble of any sort. Don Quixote, propped up against the trunk of a beech or a cork tree—for Cide Hamete does not specify what kind of ...

— Don Quixote • Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

... is said, caused a muffled peal to be rung from the steeple of St. Patrick's, on the day of the proclamation, and a black flag to be displayed from ...

— Poems (Volume II.) • Jonathan Swift

... for a lad of ten who had known only the placid brook in the open meadow and the amiable moods of its people! How many a boyish shout I muffled as I made my cautious way along that boisterous stream and pitted my wits against its wary dwellers! I wormed through an abatis of laurel; I scampered over the bared and tangled roots of a great oak; I reached a shelf of pebbly beach. Around it the water swept over moss-clad rocks into a deep pool; ...

— David Malcolm • Nelson Lloyd

... biding their time, knowing that probably a strong sea-breeze would soon spring up and cast the ship helpless into their power. Thus another night closed on us. Ere long great was our joy to feel a light air blowing off the shore. The pawls of the windlass were muffled, and not a word was spoken. The anchors were lifted, the topsails were suddenly let drop, and slowly we glided off from the land. The weather becoming very thick and dark, we were compelled again to anchor, lest we might have ...

— James Braithwaite, the Supercargo - The Story of his Adventures Ashore and Afloat • W.H.G. Kingston

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