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muff
(encz) | muff,klapky na uši Zdeněk Brož |
muff
(encz) | muff,propást v: Zdeněk Brož |
Muff
(gcide) | Muff \Muff\ (m[u^]f), n. [Cf. LG. muff, D. mof, G., Dan., & Sw.
muff, F. moufle mitten, LL. muffula, MHG. mouwe sleeve, D.
mouw, and E. muffle, v.]
1. A soft cover of cylindrical form, usually of fur, worn by
women to shield the hands from cold.
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2. (Mech.) A short hollow cylinder surrounding an object, as
a pipe.
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3. (Glass Manuf.) A blown cylinder of glass which is
afterward flattened out to make a sheet.
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4. [Perhaps a different word; cf. Prov. E. maffle to
slammer.] A stupid fellow; a poor-spirited person.
[Colloq.] "A muff of a curate." --Thackeray.
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5. [See 4.] (Baseball) A failure to hold a ball when once in
the hands.
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6. (Zool.) The whitethroat. [Prov. Eng.]
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Muff
(gcide) | Muff \Muff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Muffed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Muffing.]
To handle awkwardly; to fumble; to fail to hold, as a ball,
in catching it.
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muff
(gcide) | Whitethroat \White"throat`\, n. (Zool.)
Any one of several species of Old World warblers, esp. the
common European species (Sylvia cinerea), called also
strawsmear, nettlebird, muff, and whitecap, the
garden whitethroat, or golden warbler ({Sylvia
hortensis}), and the lesser whitethroat (Sylvia curruca).
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muff
(wn) | muff
n 1: a warm tubular covering for the hands
2: (sports) dropping the ball [syn: fumble, muff]
v 1: fail to catch, as of a ball
2: make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we
had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult
passage in the second movement" [syn: botch, bodge,
bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub,
screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff,
bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble,
mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up] |
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corn muffin
(encz) | corn muffin, n: |
earmuff
(encz) | earmuff,chránič ucha n: tataearmuff,klapka na uši n: tata |
english muffin
(encz) | English muffin, |
muffed
(encz) | muffed,zkažený web |
muffin
(encz) | muffin,vdolek n: Zdeněk Brož |
muffin man
(encz) | muffin man,pouliční prodavač pečiva n: web |
muffins
(encz) | muffins,vdolky n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
muffle
(encz) | muffle,mufle Zdeněk Brožmuffle,potlačit v: Zdeněk Brožmuffle,tlumit v: Zdeněk Brožmuffle,umlčet v: Zdeněk Brožmuffle,utlumit v: Zdeněk Brožmuffle,zachumlat v: Zdeněk Brožmuffle,ztlumit v: Zdeněk Brož |
muffled
(encz) | muffled,tlumený adj: Zdeněk Brožmuffled,ztlumený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
muffler
(encz) | muffler,boxerská rukavice Zdeněk Brožmuffler,tlumič n: Zdeněk Brož |
muffles
(encz) | muffles,tlumí Zdeněk Brož |
muffling
(encz) | muffling,tlumení n: Zdeněk Brož |
ragamuffin
(encz) | ragamuffin,otrhanec n: web |
Bemuffle
(gcide) | Bemuffle \Be*muf"fle\, v. t.
To cover as with a muffler; to wrap up.
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Bemuffled with the externals of religion. --Sterne.
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Enmuffle
(gcide) | Enmuffle \En*muf"fle\, v. t.
To muffle up.
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Muff
(gcide) | Muff \Muff\ (m[u^]f), n. [Cf. LG. muff, D. mof, G., Dan., & Sw.
muff, F. moufle mitten, LL. muffula, MHG. mouwe sleeve, D.
mouw, and E. muffle, v.]
1. A soft cover of cylindrical form, usually of fur, worn by
women to shield the hands from cold.
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2. (Mech.) A short hollow cylinder surrounding an object, as
a pipe.
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3. (Glass Manuf.) A blown cylinder of glass which is
afterward flattened out to make a sheet.
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4. [Perhaps a different word; cf. Prov. E. maffle to
slammer.] A stupid fellow; a poor-spirited person.
[Colloq.] "A muff of a curate." --Thackeray.
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5. [See 4.] (Baseball) A failure to hold a ball when once in
the hands.
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6. (Zool.) The whitethroat. [Prov. Eng.]
[1913 Webster]Muff \Muff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Muffed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Muffing.]
To handle awkwardly; to fumble; to fail to hold, as a ball,
in catching it.
[1913 Webster]Whitethroat \White"throat`\, n. (Zool.)
Any one of several species of Old World warblers, esp. the
common European species (Sylvia cinerea), called also
strawsmear, nettlebird, muff, and whitecap, the
garden whitethroat, or golden warbler ({Sylvia
hortensis}), and the lesser whitethroat (Sylvia curruca).
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Muffed
(gcide) | Muff \Muff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Muffed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Muffing.]
To handle awkwardly; to fumble; to fail to hold, as a ball,
in catching it.
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Muffetee
(gcide) | Muffetee \Muf`fe*tee"\, n.
A small muff worn over the wrist. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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Muffin
(gcide) | Muffin \Muf"fin\, n. [From Muff.]
A light, spongy, cylindrical cake, used for breakfast and
tea.
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Muffineer
(gcide) | Muffineer \Muf`fin*eer"\, n.
A dish for keeping muffins hot.
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Muffing
(gcide) | Muff \Muff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Muffed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Muffing.]
To handle awkwardly; to fumble; to fail to hold, as a ball,
in catching it.
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Muffish
(gcide) | Muffish \Muff"ish\, a. [See Muff, 4 & 5.]
Stupid; awkward. [Colloq.]
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Muffle
(gcide) | Muffle \Muf"fle\, v. i. [Cf. F. maffle, mumble, D. moffelen.]
To speak indistinctly, or without clear articulation.
[1913 Webster]Muffle \Muf"fle\, n. [F. moufle, prop., a mitten, from the
resemblance in shape. See Muffle, v. t., Muff.]
1. Anything with which another thing, as an oar or drum, is
muffled; also, a boxing glove; a muff.
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2. (Metal.) 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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3. (Ceramics) 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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4. A pulley block containing several sheaves. --Knight.
[1913 Webster]Muffle \Muf"fle\ (m[u^]f"f'l), n.
The bare end of the nose between the nostrils; -- used esp.
of ruminants.
[1913 Webster]Muffle \Muf"fle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Muffled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Muffling.] [Cf. F. moufle a mitten, LL. muffula, OD. moffel
a muff. See Muff.]
1. 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. --South.
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The face lies muffled up within the garment.
--Addison.
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He muffled with a cloud his mournful eyes. --Dryden.
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Muffled up in darkness and superstition.
--Arbuthnot.
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2. To prevent seeing, or hearing, or speaking, by wraps bound
about the head; to blindfold; to deafen.
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3. To wrap or fit 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; to muffle the
exhaust of a motor vehicle.
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Muffled
(gcide) | Muffle \Muf"fle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Muffled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Muffling.] [Cf. F. moufle a mitten, LL. muffula, OD. moffel
a muff. See Muff.]
1. 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. --South.
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The face lies muffled up within the garment.
--Addison.
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He muffled with a cloud his mournful eyes. --Dryden.
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Muffled up in darkness and superstition.
--Arbuthnot.
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2. To prevent seeing, or hearing, or speaking, by wraps bound
about the head; to blindfold; to deafen.
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3. To wrap or fit 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; to muffle the
exhaust of a motor vehicle.
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1. same as muted; as, muffled drums; the muffled noises of
the street.
Syn: dull, muted, softened.
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2. Wrapped up especially for protection or secrecy; as,
children muffled almost to the eyebrows.
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muffled
(gcide) | Muffle \Muf"fle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Muffled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Muffling.] [Cf. F. moufle a mitten, LL. muffula, OD. moffel
a muff. See Muff.]
1. 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. --South.
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The face lies muffled up within the garment.
--Addison.
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He muffled with a cloud his mournful eyes. --Dryden.
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Muffled up in darkness and superstition.
--Arbuthnot.
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2. To prevent seeing, or hearing, or speaking, by wraps bound
about the head; to blindfold; to deafen.
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3. To wrap or fit 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; to muffle the
exhaust of a motor vehicle.
[1913 Webster]muffled \muffled\ adj.
1. same as muted; as, muffled drums; the muffled noises of
the street.
Syn: dull, muted, softened.
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2. Wrapped up especially for protection or secrecy; as,
children muffled almost to the eyebrows.
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Muffler
(gcide) | Muffler \Muf"fler\, n.
1. Anything used in muffling; esp., a scarf for protecting
the head and neck in cold weather; a tippet.
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Fortune is painted blind, with a muffler above her
eyes. --Shak.
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2. (Mus.) A cushion for terminating or softening a note made
by a stringed instrument with a keyboard.
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3. A kind of mitten or boxing glove, esp. when stuffed.
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4. One who muffles.
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5. (Mach.) Any of various devices to deaden the noise of
escaping gases or vapors, as a tube filled with
obstructions, through which the exhaust gases of an
internal-combustion engine, as on an automobile, are
passed (called also silencer).
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Muffling
(gcide) | Muffle \Muf"fle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Muffled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Muffling.] [Cf. F. moufle a mitten, LL. muffula, OD. moffel
a muff. See Muff.]
1. 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. --South.
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The face lies muffled up within the garment.
--Addison.
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He muffled with a cloud his mournful eyes. --Dryden.
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Muffled up in darkness and superstition.
--Arbuthnot.
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2. To prevent seeing, or hearing, or speaking, by wraps bound
about the head; to blindfold; to deafen.
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3. To wrap or fit 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; to muffle the
exhaust of a motor vehicle.
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Ragamuffin
(gcide) | Ragamuffin \Rag`a*muf"fin\ (r[a^]g`[.a]*m[u^]f"f[i^]n), n. [Cf.
Ragamofin, the name of a demon in some of the old mysteries.]
1. A paltry or disreputable fellow; a mean wretch. --Dryden.
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2. A person who wears ragged clothing. [Colloq.]
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3. (Zool.) The long-tailed titmouse. [Prov. Eng.]
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To muffle the oars
(gcide) | Oar \Oar\ ([=o]r), n [AS. [=a]r; akin to Icel. [=a]r, Dan. aare,
Sw. [*a]ra; perh. akin to E. row, v. Cf. Rowlock.]
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1. An implement for impelling a boat, being a slender piece
of timber, usually ash or spruce, with a grip or handle at
one end and a broad blade at the other. The part which
rests in the rowlock is called the loom.
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Note: An oar is a kind of long paddle, which swings about a
kind of fulcrum, called a rowlock, fixed to the side of
the boat.
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2. An oarsman; a rower; as, he is a good oar.
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3. (Zool.) An oarlike swimming organ of various
invertebrates.
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Oar cock
(Zool.), the water rail. [Prov. Eng.]
Spoon oar, an oar having the blade so curved as to afford a
better hold upon the water in rowing.
To boat the oars, to cease rowing, and lay the oars in the
boat.
To feather the oars. See under Feather., v. t.
To lie on the oars, to cease pulling, raising the oars out
of water, but not boating them; to cease from work of any
kind; to be idle; to rest.
To muffle the oars, to put something round that part which
rests in the rowlock, to prevent noise in rowing.
To put in one's oar, to give aid or advice; -- commonly
used of a person who obtrudes aid or counsel not invited.
To ship the oars, to place them in the rowlocks.
To toss the oars, To peak the oars, to lift them from the
rowlocks and hold them perpendicularly, the handle resting
on the bottom of the boat.
To trail oars, to allow them to trail in the water
alongside of the boat.
To unship the oars, to take them out of the rowlocks.
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Unmuffle
(gcide) | Unmuffle \Un*muf"fle\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + muffle.]
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1. To take a covering from, as the face; to uncover.
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2. To remove the muffling of, as a drum.
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bran muffin
(wn) | bran muffin
n 1: muffin containing bran |
corn muffin
(wn) | corn muffin
n 1: cornbread muffin |
earmuff
(wn) | earmuff
n 1: either of a pair of ear coverings (usually connected by a
headband) that are worn to keep the ears warm in cold
weather |
english muffin
(wn) | English muffin
n 1: round, raised muffin cooked on a griddle; usually split and
toasted before being eaten |
muffin
(wn) | muffin
n 1: a sweet quick bread baked in a cup-shaped pan [syn:
muffin, gem] |
muffin man
(wn) | muffin man
n 1: formerly an itinerant peddler of muffins |
muffle
(wn) | muffle
n 1: a kiln with an inner chamber for firing things at a low
temperature
v 1: conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger";
"strangle a yawn" [syn: smother, stifle, strangle,
muffle, repress]
2: deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping [syn:
muffle, mute, dull, damp, dampen, tone down] |
muffled
(wn) | muffled
adj 1: being or made softer or less loud or clear; "the dull
boom of distant breaking waves"; "muffled drums"; "the
muffled noises of the street"; "muted trumpets" [syn:
dull, muffled, muted, softened]
2: wrapped up especially for protection or secrecy; "children
muffled almost to the eyebrows" |
muffler
(wn) | muffler
n 1: a tubular acoustic device inserted in the exhaust system
that is designed to reduce noise [syn: silencer,
muffler]
2: a scarf worn around the neck
3: a device that decreases the amplitude of electronic,
mechanical, acoustical, or aerodynamic oscillations [syn:
damper, muffler] |
ragamuffin
(wn) | ragamuffin
n 1: a dirty shabbily clothed urchin [syn: ragamuffin,
tatterdemalion] |
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