n. (Med.) A displacement forward of an organ, esp. the uterus, in such manner that its axis is bent upon itself. T. G. Thomas.
v. t.
He by the heels him hung upon a tree,
And baffled so, that all which passed by
The picture of his punishment might see. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
The art that baffles time's tyrannic claim. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]
A suitable scripture ready to repel and baffle them all. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
Calculations so difficult as to have baffled, until within a . . . recent period, the most enlightened nations. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]
The mere intricacy of a question should not baffle us. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
Baffling wind (Naut.),
v. i.
n.
adj. not understanding.
n. The process or act of baffling, or of being baffled; frustration; check.
n. One who, or that which, baffles. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To cover as with a muffler; to wrap up. [ 1913 Webster ]
Bemuffled with the externals of religion. Sterne. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having no brief; without clients;
n. [ OE., from F. buffle. See Buffalo. ] The buffalo. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To puzzle; to be at a loss. [ Obs. ] Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Buffle + head. ]
What makes you stare so, bufflehead? Plautus (trans. 1694). [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having a large head, like a buffalo; dull; stupid; blundering. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
So fell this buffle-headed giant. Gayton. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ F. ] (Mil.) A small mine, sometimes formed in the wall or side of an enemy's gallery, to blow in the earth and cut off the retreat of the miners. Farrow.
n. A gang of slaves. Same as Coffle. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Without chaff. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Without a chief or leader. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
n. See Circumflexion. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. circumflexus a bending round, fr. circumflectere, circumflexum, to bend or turn about; circum + flectere to bend. See Flexible. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
a. [ Cf. L. circumflexus, p. p. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n. [ Ar. kafala caravan. ] A gang of negro slaves being driven to market. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ F. contrefleuri. ] (Her.) Counterflory. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To turn aside; to deviate from a right or a horizontal line, or from a proper position, course or direction; to swerve. [ 1913 Webster ]
At some part of the Azores, the needle deflecteth not, but lieth in the true meridian. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
To deflect from the line of truth and reason. Warburton. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Sitting with their knees deflected under them. Lord (1630). [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being deflected. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
n. [ L. deflexio, fr. deflectere: cf. F. déflexion. ]
The other leads to the same point, through certain deflections. Lowth. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The act of freeing from inflections. Earle. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To free from inflections. [ 1913 Webster ]
Deflectionized languages are said to be analytic. Earle. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Causing deflection. [ 1913 Webster ]
Deflective forces,
n. (Mech.) That which deflects, as a diaphragm in a furnace, or a cone in a lamp (to deflect and mingle air and gases and help combustion). [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Bent abruptly downward. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Deflection. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ From L. deflectere, deflexum. See Deflect. ] A bending or turning aside; deflection. Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To reduce the flesh or obesity of. [ Obs. ] Shelton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Duffel. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To clothe with flesh. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Vices which are . . . enfleshed in him. Florio. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ F., fr. en- (L. in) + fleur flower. ] A process of extracting perfumes by exposing absorbents, as fixed oils or fats, to the exhalations of the flowers. It is used for plants whose volatile oils are too delicate to be separated by distillation. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
v. t. To muffle up. [ 1913 Webster ]
. A sporting rifle for use at short ranges, employing a large charge of powder and a light (short) bullet, giving a high initial velocity and consequently a flat trajectory. It is usually of moderately large caliber. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
v. i. [ Cf. Famble, Maffle. ] To stammer. [ Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ See Flay. ] To flay. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
He will be fleaed first
And horse collars made of's skin. J. Fletcher. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. fle, flee, AS. fleá, fleáh; akin to D. vtoo, OHG. flōh, G. floh, Icel. flō, Russ. blocha; prob. from the root of E. flee. √84. See Flee. ] (Zool.) An insect belonging to the genus
A flea in the ear,
Beach flea,
Black flea
n. (Bot.) One of various plants, supposed to have efficacy in driving away fleas. They belong, for the most part, to the genera
n. (Zool.) A small beetle of the family
n.
a.