1. v. & n.
--v.tr.
1. (often foll. by up) wrap or cover for warmth.
2 cover or wrap up (a source of sound) to reduce its loudness.
3 (usu. as muffled adj.) stifle (an utterance, e.g. a curse).
4 prevent from speaking.
--n.
1. a receptacle in a furnace where substances may be heated without contact with combustion products.
2 a similar chamber in a kiln for baking painted pottery.
Etymology: ME: (n.) f. OF moufle thick glove; (v.) perh. f. OF enmoufler f. moufle 2. n. the thick part of the upper lip and nose of ruminants and rodents.
Etymology: F mufle, of unkn. orig.