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maffle (third-person singular simple present maffles, present participle maffling, simple past and past participle maffled)
- (obsolete) To stammer.
1812, Robert Southey, Omniana, Volume 1/Aqua Vitae: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
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