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==References == | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' v. t.) [[A]] pulley block containing several sheaves. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' 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. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' v. i.) To speak indistinctly, or without clear articulation. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' 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. </p> <p> '''(5):''' ''' (''' 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. </p> <p> '''(6):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To prevent seeing, or hearing, or speaking, by wraps bound about the head; to blindfold; to deafen. </p> <p> '''(7):''' ''' (''' 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. </p> <p> '''(8):''' ''' (''' n.) The bare end of the nose between the nostrils; - used esp. of ruminants. </p> <p> '''(9):''' ''' (''' v. t.) [[Anything]] with which another thing, as an oar or drum, is muffled; also, a boxing glove; a muff. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_146252"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/muffle Muffle from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | <ref name="term_146252"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/muffle Muffle from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 05:24, 13 October 2021
Muffle [1]
(1): ( v. t.) A pulley block containing several sheaves.
(2): ( 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.
(3): ( v. i.) To speak indistinctly, or without clear articulation.
(4): ( 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.
(5): ( 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.
(6): ( v. t.) To prevent seeing, or hearing, or speaking, by wraps bound about the head; to blindfold; to deafen.
(7): ( 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.
(8): ( n.) The bare end of the nose between the nostrils; - used esp. of ruminants.
(9): ( v. t.) Anything with which another thing, as an oar or drum, is muffled; also, a boxing glove; a muff.
