mufflel (mufl)

t.; pret. and pp. muffled, ppr. muffling. [ cf. D. moffelen, conceal, pilfer; from the noun in some cloth or woven fabric, so as to conceal from view or protect from the weather; wrap up or cover close, particularly the neck and face; envelop or inwrap in some covering. As though our eyes were muffled with a cloude. Gas coigne, Choru es from Jocasta, iii. The face lies mufled up within the garment. Add is on , Cato, iv. 3. 2. To blindfold. Alas, that love, whose view is mufled still, Should, without eyes, see pathways to his will! specifically, in ball-playing, failure to hold a ball that comes into one's hands.