Muet

Fr. See Mute. To MUFFLE . To wrap any thing up so as to deaden the sound, which might otherwise i ue from the contact of two hard substances. When the French effected their pa age over the march Albaredo, on their route to the plain of Marengo, they were so much exposed to the Austrians, that, in order to get their artillery and ammunition over, without being betrayed by the noise of the carriage wheels, and the clattering of the horses’ shoes, both were muffled with bands of hay and straw, and dung was spread over the ground. In this manner they cro ed that stupendous rock. Thirty men were put to the drag ropes of each piece, and as many were employed to draw up the cai ons.