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Muffled up in darkness and
superstition.

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.

Muf"fle, v. i. [Cf. F. maffle,
mumble, D. moffelen.] To speak indistinctly, or
without clear articulation.

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.


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