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Deadening :: Deadening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deade.

Deaden :: Deaden (a.) To lessen the velocity or momentum of; to retard; as, to deaden a ship's headway..

Buffet :: Buffet (v. t.) To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper.

Benumbed :: Benumbed (a.) Made torpid; numbed; stupefied; deadened; as, a benumbed body and mind..

Pug :: Pug (v. t.) To fill or stop with clay by tamping; to fill in or spread with mortar, as a floor or partition, for the purpose of deadening sound. See Pugging, 2..

Pugging :: Pugging (v. t.) Mortar or the like, laid between the joists under the boards of a floor, or within a partition, to deaden sound; -- in the United States usually called deafening..

Bumper :: Bumper (n.) Anything which resists or deadens a bump or shock; a buffer.

Fossilize :: Fossilize (v. t.) To cause to become antiquated, rigid, or fixed, as by fossilization; to mummify; to deaden..

Obtuse :: Obtuse (superl.) Dull; deadened; as, obtuse sound..

Foreland :: Foreland (n.) That portion of the natural shore on the outside of the embankment which receives the stock of waves and deadens their force.

Dead :: Dead (v. t.) To make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigor..

Stun :: Stun (v. t.) To dull or deaden the sensibility of; to overcome; especially, to overpower one's sense of hearing..

Obtund :: Obtund (v. t.) To reduce the edge, pungency, or violent action of; to dull; to blunt; to deaden; to quell; as, to obtund the acrimony of the gall..

Deaden :: Deaden (a.) To make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; to lessen the force or acuteness of; to blunt; as, to deaden the natural powers or feelings; to deaden a sound..

Impalsy :: Impalsy (v. t.) To palsy; to paralyze; to deaden.

Deaden :: Deaden (a.) To deprive of gloss or brilliancy; to obscure; as, to deaden gilding by a coat of size..

Mull :: Mull (v. t.) To dispirit or deaden; to dull or blunt.

Mute :: Mute (n.) A little utensil made of brass, ivory, or other material, so formed that it can be fixed in an erect position on the bridge of a violin, or similar instrument, in order to deaden or soften the tone..

Deadened :: Deadened (imp. & p. p.) of Deade.

Stifle :: Stifle (v. t.) To stop; to extinguish; to deaden; to quench; as, to stifle the breath; to stifle a fire or flame..

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