muffle

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

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. Source: opted

3. v. t. To prevent seeing, or hearing, or speaking, by wraps bound about the head; to blindfold; to deafen. Source: opted

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. Source: opted

5. v. i. To speak indistinctly, or without clear articulation. Source: opted

6. v. t. Anything with which another thing, as an oar or drum, is muffled; also, a boxing glove; a muff. Source: opted

7. 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. Source: opted

8. 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. Source: opted

9. v. t. A pulley block containing several sheaves. Source: opted

10. n. a kiln with an inner chamber for firing things at a low temperature Source: wordnet

11. v. suppress in order to conceal or hide Source: wordnet

12. v. deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping Source: wordnet

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