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noun

Muffler n.

Anything used in muffling; esp., a scarf for protecting the head and neck in cold weather; a tippet. "Fortune is painted blind, with a muffler above her eyes."

(Mus.) A cushion for terminating or softening a note made by a stringed instrument with a keyboard.

A kind of mitten or boxing glove, esp. when stuffed.

One who muffles.

(Mach.) Any of various devices to deaden the noise of escaping gases or vapors, as a tube filled with obstructions, through which the exhaust gases of an internal-combustion engine, as on an automobile, are passed (called also silencer).

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... came the low command from Jerry, just as the boat, muffler cut out, the engine at top speed, and volleying revolutions and deafening explosions, seemed to ...

— The Boy Scouts of the Air on Lost Island • Gordon Stuart

... with its silver-gilt handle, Rodolphe had received a seal with the motto Amor nel cor* furthermore, a scarf for a muffler, and, finally, a cigar-case exactly like the Viscount's, that Charles had formerly picked up in the road, and that Emma had kept. These presents, however, humiliated him; he refused several; she insisted, and he ended by obeying, thinking ...

— Madame Bovary • Gustave Flaubert

... pleasant, asked if its owner could be of any help to them. As they turned toward him, they saw it was a man wrapped in a handsome sealskin cloak, wearing a sealskin cap; his face, half concealed by a muffler of the same material, disclosing only a pair of long mustaches, and two keen dark eyes. "It's a son of old Santa Claus!" whispered Addy. The girls tittered audibly as they tumbled into the sleigh: ...

— Tales of the Argonauts • Bret Harte

... later Fresnel was securely bound to a chair, and effectively silenced by a very uncomfortable gag improvised out of a block of wood and a muffler. ...

— Scaramouche - A Romance of the French Revolution • Rafael Sabatini

... caught a sound which rapidly swept nearer and nearer. A motor-car with the muffler cut out was approaching, at ...

— Further Adventures of Lad • Albert Payson Terhune

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