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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MUF'FLED, pp. Covered closely, especially about the face; involved; blindfolded.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: being or made softer or less loud or clear; "the dull boom of distant breaking waves"; "muffled drums"; "the muffled noises of the street"; "muted trumpets" [syn: dull, muffled, muted, softened]
2: wrapped up especially for protection or secrecy; "children muffled almost to the eyebrows"

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Muffle Muf"fle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Muffled; p. pr. & vb. n. Muffling.] [Cf. F. moufle a mitten, LL. muffula, OD. moffel a muff. See Muff.] 1. To wrap up in something that conceals or protects; to wrap, as the face and neck, in thick and disguising folds; hence, to conceal 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. 2. To prevent seeing, or hearing, or speaking, by wraps bound about the head; to blindfold; to deafen. 3. To wrap with something that dulls or deadens the sound of; as, to muffle the strings of a drum, or that part of an oar which rests in the rowlock.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If you are muffled, you are wearing a lot of heavy clothes so that very little of your body or face is visible. ...children muffled in scarves and woolly hats. ADJ: usu v-link ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Wrapped up, concealed. 2. Dulled, deadened, suppressed.

Moby Thesaurus

armored, bated, between the lines, cased, ceiled, cloaked, clouded, coated, coped, covered, covert, cowled, cryptic, curtained, damped, dampened, dead, deadened, delitescent, dormant, dull, dulled, eclipsed, encapsulated, encapsuled, encased, enveloped, enwrapped, esoteric, filmed, flat, floored, hibernating, hidden, hooded, housed, latent, loricate, loricated, lurking, mantled, masked, muted, mystic, obfuscated, obscured, occult, occulted, packaged, paved, possible, potential, roofed-in, screened, scummed, sheathed, shelled, shielded, shrouded, sleeping, smothered, softened, sordo, stifled, subdued, submerged, swathed, tented, under cover, under the surface, underlying, unmanifested, veiled, virtual, walled, walled-in, wrapped