muffles
noun
Meaning
- Anything that mutes or deadens sound.
- A warm piece of clothing for the hands.
- A boxing glove.
- A kiln or furnace, often electric, with no direct flames (a muffle furnace)
- The bare end of the nose between the nostrils, especially in ruminants.
- A machine with two pulleys to hoist load by spinning wheels, polyspast, block and tackle.
- To wrap (a person, face etc.) in fabric or another covering, for warmth or protection; often with up.
- To wrap up or cover (a source of noise) in order to deaden the sound.
- To mute or deaden (a sound etc.).
- To speak indistinctly, or without clear articulation.
- To prevent seeing, or hearing, or speaking, by wraps bound about the head; to blindfold; to deafen.
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