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baffle
(encz) | baffle,mást v: pasky |
baffle
(encz) | baffle,norná stěna [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
baffle
(encz) | baffle,znemožnit v: pasky |
Baffle
(gcide) | Baffle \Baf"fle\, v. i.
1. To practice deceit. [Obs.] --Barrow.
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2. To struggle against in vain; as, a ship baffles with the
winds. [R.]
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Baffle
(gcide) | Baffle \Baf"fle\, n.
1. A defeat by artifice, shifts, and turns; discomfiture.
[R.] "A baffle to philosophy." --South.
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2. (Engin.)
(a) A deflector, as a plate or wall, so arranged across a
furnace or boiler flue as to mingle the hot gases and
deflect them against the substance to be heated.
(b) A grating or plate across a channel or pipe conveying
water, gas, or the like, by which the flow is rendered
more uniform in different parts of the cross section
of the stream; -- used in measuring the rate of flow,
as by means of a weir.
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2. (Coal Mining) A lever for operating the throttle valve of
a winding engine. [Local, U. S.]
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Baffle
(gcide) | Baffle \Baf"fle\ (b[a^]f"f'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Baffled
(-f'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Baffling (-fl[i^]ng).] [Cf.
Lowland Scotch bauchle to treat contemptuously, bauch
tasteless, abashed, jaded, Icel. b[=a]gr uneasy, poor, or
b[=a]gr, n., struggle, b[ae]gja to push, treat harshly, OF.
beffler, beffer, to mock, deceive, dial. G. b[aum]ppe mouth,
beffen to bark, chide.]
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1. To cause to undergo a disgraceful punishment, as a
recreant knight. [Obs.]
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He by the heels him hung upon a tree,
And baffled so, that all which passed by
The picture of his punishment might see. --Spenser.
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2. To check by shifts and turns; to elude; to foil.
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The art that baffles time's tyrannic claim.
--Cowper.
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3. To check by perplexing; to disconcert, frustrate, or
defeat; to thwart. "A baffled purpose." --De Quincey.
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A suitable scripture ready to repel and baffle them
all. --South.
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Calculations so difficult as to have baffled, until
within a . . . recent period, the most enlightened
nations. --Prescott.
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The mere intricacy of a question should not baffle
us. --Locke.
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Baffling wind (Naut.), one that frequently shifts from one
point to another.
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Syn: To balk; thwart; foil; frustrate; defeat.
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baffle
(wn) | baffle
n 1: a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or
energy [syn: baffle, baffle board]
v 1: be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--
I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This
question really stuck me" [syn: perplex, vex, stick,
get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose,
bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel,
amaze, dumbfound]
2: hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What
ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing
September surge"; "foil your opponent" [syn: thwart,
queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate,
baffle, bilk]
3: check the emission of (sound) [syn: baffle, regulate] |
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baffled
(mass) | baffled
- zmätený |
baffle
(encz) | baffle,mást v: paskybaffle,norná stěna [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskačbaffle,znemožnit v: pasky |
baffled
(encz) | baffled,bezradný adj: Zdeněk Brožbaffled,zmatený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
bafflegab
(encz) | bafflegab,žargon n: Zdeněk Brož |
bafflement
(encz) | bafflement,zmatení n: Zdeněk Brož |
baffles
(encz) | baffles,mate v: [3.os.sg.] Zdeněk Brož |
retaining water course baffle
(encz) | retaining water course baffle,přehrážka toku [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
unbaffled
(encz) | unbaffled, adj: |
Baffled
(gcide) | Baffle \Baf"fle\ (b[a^]f"f'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Baffled
(-f'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Baffling (-fl[i^]ng).] [Cf.
Lowland Scotch bauchle to treat contemptuously, bauch
tasteless, abashed, jaded, Icel. b[=a]gr uneasy, poor, or
b[=a]gr, n., struggle, b[ae]gja to push, treat harshly, OF.
beffler, beffer, to mock, deceive, dial. G. b[aum]ppe mouth,
beffen to bark, chide.]
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1. To cause to undergo a disgraceful punishment, as a
recreant knight. [Obs.]
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He by the heels him hung upon a tree,
And baffled so, that all which passed by
The picture of his punishment might see. --Spenser.
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2. To check by shifts and turns; to elude; to foil.
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The art that baffles time's tyrannic claim.
--Cowper.
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3. To check by perplexing; to disconcert, frustrate, or
defeat; to thwart. "A baffled purpose." --De Quincey.
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A suitable scripture ready to repel and baffle them
all. --South.
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Calculations so difficult as to have baffled, until
within a . . . recent period, the most enlightened
nations. --Prescott.
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The mere intricacy of a question should not baffle
us. --Locke.
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Baffling wind (Naut.), one that frequently shifts from one
point to another.
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Syn: To balk; thwart; foil; frustrate; defeat.
[1913 Webster]baffled \baffled\ adj.
not understanding.
Syn: uncomprehending.
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2. discouraged by failure to accomplish a goal and uncertain
how to proceed; -- used especially of feelings of defeat
and discouragement.
Syn: balked, discomfited, discouraged, frustrated.
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baffled
(gcide) | Baffle \Baf"fle\ (b[a^]f"f'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Baffled
(-f'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Baffling (-fl[i^]ng).] [Cf.
Lowland Scotch bauchle to treat contemptuously, bauch
tasteless, abashed, jaded, Icel. b[=a]gr uneasy, poor, or
b[=a]gr, n., struggle, b[ae]gja to push, treat harshly, OF.
beffler, beffer, to mock, deceive, dial. G. b[aum]ppe mouth,
beffen to bark, chide.]
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1. To cause to undergo a disgraceful punishment, as a
recreant knight. [Obs.]
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He by the heels him hung upon a tree,
And baffled so, that all which passed by
The picture of his punishment might see. --Spenser.
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2. To check by shifts and turns; to elude; to foil.
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The art that baffles time's tyrannic claim.
--Cowper.
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3. To check by perplexing; to disconcert, frustrate, or
defeat; to thwart. "A baffled purpose." --De Quincey.
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A suitable scripture ready to repel and baffle them
all. --South.
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Calculations so difficult as to have baffled, until
within a . . . recent period, the most enlightened
nations. --Prescott.
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The mere intricacy of a question should not baffle
us. --Locke.
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Baffling wind (Naut.), one that frequently shifts from one
point to another.
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Syn: To balk; thwart; foil; frustrate; defeat.
[1913 Webster]baffled \baffled\ adj.
not understanding.
Syn: uncomprehending.
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2. discouraged by failure to accomplish a goal and uncertain
how to proceed; -- used especially of feelings of defeat
and discouragement.
Syn: balked, discomfited, discouraged, frustrated.
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Bafflement
(gcide) | Bafflement \Baf"fle*ment\ (b[a^]f"f'l*ment), n.
The process or act of baffling, or of being baffled;
frustration; check. |
Baffler
(gcide) | Baffler \Baf"fler\ (b[a^]f"fl[~e]r), n.
One who, or that which, baffles.
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Unbaffled
(gcide) | Unbaffled \Unbaffled\
See baffled. |
baffle
(wn) | baffle
n 1: a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or
energy [syn: baffle, baffle board]
v 1: be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--
I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This
question really stuck me" [syn: perplex, vex, stick,
get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose,
bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel,
amaze, dumbfound]
2: hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What
ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing
September surge"; "foil your opponent" [syn: thwart,
queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate,
baffle, bilk]
3: check the emission of (sound) [syn: baffle, regulate] |
baffle board
(wn) | baffle board
n 1: a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or
energy [syn: baffle, baffle board] |
baffled
(wn) | baffled
adj 1: perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements;
filled with bewilderment; "obviously bemused by his
questions"; "bewildered and confused"; "a cloudy and
confounded philosopher"; "just a mixed-up kid"; "she felt
lost on the first day of school" [syn: baffled,
befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded,
confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up, at sea]
n 1: people who are frustrated and perplexed; "the children's
faces clearly expressed the frustration of the baffled" |
bafflement
(wn) | bafflement
n 1: confusion resulting from failure to understand [syn:
bewilderment, obfuscation, puzzlement,
befuddlement, mystification, bafflement,
bemusement] |
unbaffled
(wn) | unbaffled
adj 1: not perplexed by conflicting situations or statements
[syn: unbaffled, unconfused] |
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