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maffles

maffles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of maffle.

Meaning of maffle

Verb

maffle (third-person singular simple present maffles, present participle maffling, simple past and past participle maffled)

  1. (obsolete) To stammer.
    • 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 rattling1812, Robert Southey, Omniana, Volume 1/Aqua Vitae

Questions about maffles

What is maffles the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Maffles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of maffle.

Words near maffles in the dictionary

  1. maffioso
  2. maffle
  3. maffled
  4. maffler
  5. mafflers
  6. maffles
  7. maffling
  8. mafflings
  9. Maffra
  10. Maffra West Upper
  11. maffs

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