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Another word for muffle

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muffle

v.

deaden, mute, stifle; see decrease 2, soften 2.

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Another word for muffle

verb

To decrease or dull the sound of:
dampen, deaden, mute, stifle. See increase, sounds
To hold (something requiring an outlet) in check:
burke, choke (back), gag, hold back, hold down, hush (up), quench, repress, smother, squelch, stifle, strangle, suppress, throttle. (Informal) sit on (or upon). See restraint

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Muffle furnaces are suitable for fine ores which are liable to decrepitate or sinter.
(a) Heating chamber fixed and forming part of furnace= muffle furnaces.
The " muffle," a graphite cylinder 6 in.
High, and heated either in a muffle or in a crucible furnace at a gradually increasing heat for forty or fifty minutes.
"Ultramarine rich in silica" is generally obtained by heating a mixture of pure clay, very fine white sand, sulphur and charcoal in a muffle-furnace.

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