| baffle | 1. To cause to undergo a disgraceful punishment, as a recreant knight. "He by the heels him hung upon a tree, And baffled so, that all which passed by The picture of his punishment might see." (Spenser) 2. To check by shifts and turns; to elude; to foil. "The art that baffles time's tyrannic claim." (Cowper) 3. To check by perplexing; to disconcert, frustrate, or defeat; to thwart. "A baffled purpose." "A suitable scripture ready to repel and baffle them all." (South) "Calculations so difficult as to have baffled, until within a . . . Recent period, the most enlightened nations." (Prescott) "The mere intricacy of a question should not baffle us." (Locke) Baffling wind, one that frequently shifts from one point to another. Synonym: To balk, thwart, foil, frustrate, defeat. Origin: Cf. Lowland Scotch bauchle to treat contemptuously, bauch tasteless, abashed, jaded, Icel. Bagr uneasy, poor, or bagr, n, struggle, baegja to push, treat harshly, OF. Beffler, beffer, to mock, deceive, dial. G. Bappe mouth, beffen to bark, chide. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| baffle chamber | In incinerator design, a chamber designed to settle fly ash and coarse particulate matter by changing the direction and reducing the velocity of the combustion gases. (05 Dec 1998) |
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perplex: be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me" thwart: hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent" a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy check the emission of (sound)
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Any of several kinds of walls, blocks, or deflector vanes placed in channelized water to dissipate energy in order to achieve a more uniform distribution of velocities, to divert flow, or to achieve another desired engineering purpose.
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Plate or vane used to direct or control movement of air within a confined area.
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A partition or grating in a furnace, container or channel
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A flat board or plate, deflector, guide or similar device constructed or placed in flowing water or slurry systems to cause more uniform flow velocities, to absorb energy, and to divert, guide, or agitate liquids (water, chemical solutions, slurry).
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| baffle | a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy |
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| baffle | check the emission of (sound) |
| baffle | be a mystery or bewildering to |
| baffle | hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of |
| baffle | a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy |
| baffle | people who are frustrated and perplexed |
| baffle | used especially of feelings of defeat and discouragement |
| baffle | perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements |
| baffle | confusion resulting from failure to understand |
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