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A stupid fellow; a poor-spirited person. [Colloq.] "A muff of a curate." Thackeray.

A small muff worn over the wrist. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

A light, spongy, cylindrical cake, used for breakfast and tea.

A dish for keeping muffins hot.

Stupid; awkward. [Colloq.]

ceal or cover the face of; to envelop; to inclose; -- often with up. South. The face lies muffled up within the garment. Addison. He muffled with a cloud his mournful eyes. Dryden. Muffled up in darkness and superstition. Arbuthnot.

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. Shak.

To cover as with a muffler; to wrap up. Bemuffled with the externals of religion. Sterne.

To muffle up.

A paltry or disreputable fellow; a mean which. Dryden.

To remove the muffling of, as a drum.

A muffler, worn by nuns and mourners. [Obs.]

To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper.

f air than water . . . ; others more of water than wind, as your costards and pomewaters. Muffett.

A kind of large. thin muffin or cake, light and spongy, and cooked on a griddle or spider.

rticles of clothing made of fur; as, a set of furs for a lady (a collar, tippet, or cape, muff, etc.). Wrapped up in my furs. Lady M. W. Montagu.

An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts; a gallery furnace.

Reverberated from a cavity, or resembling such a sound; deep; muffled; as, a hollow roar. Dryden.

ounds; as, neckerchief; breastkerchief; and later, handkerchief. He might put on a hat, a muffler, and a kerchief, and so escape. Shak. Her black hair strained away To a scarlet kerchief caught beneath her chin. Mrs. Browning.

The fur of the marten, used for hats, muffs, etc.