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The bare end of the nose between the nostrils; -- used esp.
of ruminants. |
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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. |
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To prevent seeing, or hearing, or speaking, by wraps
bound about the head; to blindfold; to deafen. |
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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. |
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To speak indistinctly, or without clear articulation. |
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Anything with which another thing, as an oar or drum, is
muffled; also, a boxing glove; a muff. |
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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. |
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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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A pulley block containing several sheaves. |
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