The bare end of the nose between the nostrils; – used esp.
of ruminants.

To prevent seeing, or hearing, or speaking, by wraps
bound about the head; to blindfold; to deafen.

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.

To speak indistinctly, or without clear articulation.

Anything with which another thing, as an oar or drum, is
muffled; also, a boxing glove; a muff.

An earthenware compartment or oven, often shaped like a
half cylinder, used in furnaces to protect objects heated from the
direct action of the fire, as in scorification of ores, cupellation of
ore buttons, etc.

A small oven for baking and fixing the colors of painted
or printed pottery, without exposing the pottery to the flames of the
furnace or kiln.

A pulley block containing several sheaves.