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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..

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..

Mortify :: Mortify (v. i.) To practice penance from religious motives; to deaden desires by religious discipline.

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..

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

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

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

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

Damp :: Damp (n.) To put out, as fire; to depress or deject; to deaden; to cloud; to check or restrain, as action or vigor; to make dull; to weaken; to discourage..

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

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

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

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

Numb :: Numb (v. t.) To make numb; to deprive of the power of sensation or motion; to render senseless or inert; to deaden; to benumb; to stupefy.

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

Dampen :: Dampen (v. i.) To become damp; to deaden.

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..

Muffle :: Muffle (v. t.) To wrap with something that dulls or deadens the sound of; as, to muffle the strings of a drum, or that part of an oar which rests in the rowlock..

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

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

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