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unˈmuffle, v.
[un-2 4.]
1. trans. (and refl.). To divest of something which muffles or conceals the face.
1611Cotgr., Desaffubler, to vnmuffle, vnhood, vnhood⁓winke. 1629Davenant Albovine iv. i, Were my lean Iaws unmuffled you should see me mump. a1652Brome Queen & Concubine iv. iv, Take off his false beard;..And let the woman be unmuffled. 1768–74Tucker Lt. Nat. (1834) I. 442 He muffled up my head all round, as with the hood of a great-coat... In this guise he held me some time... He then unmuffled and let me go. 1838Lytton Alice vii. iv, The rest..unmuffled themselves of cloaks. 1851Hawthorne Twice-told T. II. i. 21 ‘Villain, unmuffle yourself!’ cried he.
fig. and in fig. context.1652Benlowes Theoph. xi. lxxii, Unmuffle, ye dim clouds, and disinherit From black usurping mists his spirit. 1685Ld. Halifax Char. Trimmer (1688) 28 'Twill be worth his pains to see if he [sc. a papist] can unmuffle himself from the Mask of Infallibility. 1886W. Alexander St. Aug. Holiday, etc. 137 And darkness was unmuffled, and was ripp'd Like crape from heaven's jewell'd hilt.
b. To remove the muffling of (a drum).
1828–32Webster.
2. intr. To remove or cast off a muffling.
1634Milton Comus 331 Unmuffle ye faint stars, and thou fair Moon,..Stoop thy pale visage through an amber cloud. 1830tr. Aristoph., Birds 941 Pisthetærus. What means this? What muffling is this? Prometheus. After a while I will unmuffle. |