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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
maffle .
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Examples
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Logical perplexity is shockingly contagious: and he, who takes Mr. Malthus for his guide through any tangled question, ought to be able to box the compass very well; or before he has read ten pages he will find himself (as the Westmorland guides express it) 'maffled,' -- and disposed to sit down and fall a crying with his guide at the sad bewilderment into which they have both strayed.
The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey—Vol. 1 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg Thomas De Quincey 1822
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'maffled;' which word means 'perplexed in the extreme.'
Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers Thomas De Quincey 1822
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'maffled;' which word means 'perplexed in the extreme.'
Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers — Volume 2 Thomas De Quincey 1822
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