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Definition of Muffle

1. Noun. A kiln with an inner chamber for firing things at a low temperature.

2. Verb. Conceal or hide. "Strangle a yawn"

3. Verb. Deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping.

Definition of Muffle

1. n. The bare end of the nose between the nostrils; -- used esp. of ruminants.

2. 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.

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

4. n. Anything with which another thing, as an oar or drum, is muffled; also, a boxing glove; a muff.

Definition of Muffle

1. Noun. Anything that mutes or deadens sound. ¹

2. Noun. A warm piece of clothing for the hands. ¹

3. Noun. A kiln or furnace, often electric, with no direct flames (a muffle furnace) ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) To wrap (term up) (a person, face etc.) in fabric or another covering, for warmth or protection. ¹

5. Verb. (transitive) To wrap up or cover (a source of noise) in order to deaden the sound. ¹

6. Verb. (transitive) To mute or deaden (a sound etc.). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Muffle

1. to wrap with something to deaden sound [v -FLED, -FLING, -FLES]

Medical Definition of Muffle

1. 1. Anything with which another thing, as an oar or drum, is muffled; also, a boxing glove; a muff. 2. 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. A small oven for baking and fixing the colours of painted or printed pottery, without exposing the pottery to the flames of the furnace or kiln. 4. A pulley block containing several sheaves. Origin: F. Moufle, prop, a mitten, from the resemblance in shape. See Muffle, Muff. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Muffle

muffed muffetee muffetees muffin-warm muffin cap muffin man muffin top muffin tops muffineer muffineers

muffing muffinlike muffins muffish muffle (current term) muffle furnace muffled muffledly muffledness mufflehead

muffleheads muffler muffler bearing mufflered mufflerless mufflers muffles muffling muffs

Literary usage of Muffle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1894)
"Moreover it happens very often that in a platinum muffle the last portions ... Frequently a little higher temperature under the muffle of platinum which is ..."

2. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1897)
"THE accuracy of the silver-assay depends in great measure upon a careful regulation of the heat of the muffle during the process of cupellation. ..."

3. The Sampling and Assay of the Precious Metals: Comprising Gold, Silver by Ernest Alfred Smith (1913)
"The mouth of the muffle is closed during working by means of a thin fire-brick ... The essential dimensions in a muffle furnace are (1) the area of the ..."

4. A Manual of Fire Assaying by Charles Herman Fulton (1911)
"The furnaces are classified as follows: () Pot furnaces, in which the assay is in direct contact with the fuel; (2) muffle-furnaces, in which a muffle or ..."

5. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1899)
"THIS new departure in assaying is the outcome of a long-felt desire to shorten the time required in muffle-assaying, as well a? to do both crucible- and ..."

6. The Metallurgy of Gold by Thomas Kirke Rose (1898)
"above the top of the muffle. The coke is at a full red heat throughout before ... The muffle is usually ready for work in about an hour from the lighting of ..."

7. A Textbook of Fire Assaying by Edward Everett Bugbee (1922)
"muffle Furnaces. — These are furnaces in which the charge to be heated is in a space, the muffle, apart from the fuel or products of combustion. ..."

8. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1894)
"Moreover it happens very often that in a platinum muffle the last portions ... Frequently a little higher temperature under the muffle of platinum which is ..."

9. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1897)
"THE accuracy of the silver-assay depends in great measure upon a careful regulation of the heat of the muffle during the process of cupellation. ..."

10. The Sampling and Assay of the Precious Metals: Comprising Gold, Silver by Ernest Alfred Smith (1913)
"The mouth of the muffle is closed during working by means of a thin fire-brick ... The essential dimensions in a muffle furnace are (1) the area of the ..."

11. A Manual of Fire Assaying by Charles Herman Fulton (1911)
"The furnaces are classified as follows: () Pot furnaces, in which the assay is in direct contact with the fuel; (2) muffle-furnaces, in which a muffle or ..."

12. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1899)
"THIS new departure in assaying is the outcome of a long-felt desire to shorten the time required in muffle-assaying, as well a? to do both crucible- and ..."

13. The Metallurgy of Gold by Thomas Kirke Rose (1898)
"above the top of the muffle. The coke is at a full red heat throughout before ... The muffle is usually ready for work in about an hour from the lighting of ..."

14. A Textbook of Fire Assaying by Edward Everett Bugbee (1922)
"muffle Furnaces. — These are furnaces in which the charge to be heated is in a space, the muffle, apart from the fuel or products of combustion. ..."

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