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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
muffle/ˈmʌfl/
▶verb
  • 1 wrap or cover for warmth.
  • 2 wrap or cover (a source of sound) to reduce its loudness.

    ■ make (a sound) quieter or less distinct.

▶noun a receptacle in a furnace or kiln in which things can be heated without contact with combustion products.
– origin ME (as v.): perh. a shortening of OFr. enmoufler; the noun (C17) from OFr. moufle ‘thick glove’.



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