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▪ I. muffling, vbl. n.|ˈmʌflɪŋ|
[f. muffle v.1 + -ing1.]
The action of the verb muffle; wrapping up for warmth or for concealment; concr. (sing. and pl.) garments or stuff used for this purpose. Also the deadening of a sound.
1788F. Burney Diary 20 Nov., The face was much hid by the muffling of the high collar to the great coat. 1821Scott Pirate xxxvi, Throw back your mufflings from your faces, and don't be afraid, my Lindamiras. 1859Tennent Ceylon II. vii. vii. 261 European visitors are glad to recall associations of England by producing their winter muffling and surtouts. 1897Allbutt's Syst. Med. III. 45 The area of cardiac dulness increases, and there is muffling of the sound over the mid-cardiac region. 1908[see muffle v.1 5].
b. attrib. in muffling-box, a contrivance for rendering noiseless the escape of steam from a steam-engine; † muffling-cheat slang, a napkin.
1567Harman Caveat (1869) 83 A mofling chete, a napkyn. 1896Cosmopolitan XX. 422/1 The exhaust passing through the muffling box.
▪ II. muffling, ppl. a.1|ˈmʌflɪŋ|
[f. muffle v.1 + -ing2.]
In senses of the vb.
1638G. Sandys Paraph. Job xxxiv. (1648) 50 No mufling Clouds, nor Shades Infernall, can From his inquiry hide offending Man. 1839–41S. Warren Ten Thous. a-year xiii, Next came Mr. Quicksilver, a man of great but wild energy, who received what may be called a muffling retainer. 1861Lytton Str. Story II. 378 Before I could turn, some dark muffling substance fell between my sight and the sun, and I felt a fierce strain at my throat. 1876Geo. Eliot Dan. Der. lii, Sometimes it occurs to Jacob that Hebrew will be more edifying to him if he stops his ears with his palms, and imitates the venerable sounds as heard through that muffling medium.
▪ III. † ˈmuffling, ppl. a.2 Obs.
(See muffle v.2)
1616B. Holyday Persius i. B 4, If forsooth one clad in purple cloth's, Snaffle some mustie stuff through's muffling nose. |