v. t.
He did ill to muddle the water. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]
Epicurus seems to have had brains so muddled and confounded, that he scarce ever kept in the right way. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]
Often drunk, always muddled. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]
They muddle it [ money ] away without method or object, and without having anything to show for it. Hazlitt. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
n. A state of being turbid or confused; hence, intellectual cloudiness or dullness. [ 1913 Webster ]
We both grub on in a muddle. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A stupid person; a blunderer. [ Colloq. ] C. Reade. --
n. One who, or that which, muddles. [ 1913 Webster ]