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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

maffle en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) To stammer.
    • it pounceth the stone, expelleth gravel, it puffeth away all ventosity, it keepeth and preserveth the head from whirling, the eyes from dazzling, the tongue from lisping, the mouth from maffling, the teeth from chattering, and the throat from rattling 1812, Robert Southey, Omniana, Volume 1/Aqua Vitae:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
maffled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
maffled Tense=Past lexicographic
maffling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
maffles Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

maffler