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muddled, ppl. a.|ˈmʌd(ə)ld|
[f. prec. + -ed1.]
†1. Made muddy or turbid. Obs.
1624Quarles Job vi. medit. xv, From muddled Springs can Christall Waters come? 1645G. Daniel Poems Wks. (Grosart) II. 2, I dare not..Soe much derogate from that clear Source, as borrow water from the muddled Cisternes of her Inferiour.
†b. Of wine: Thick. Obs.
1717Prior Alma iii. 589 We shall..Drink fine Champaigne, or muddl'd Port. a1748C. Pitt Dial. betw. Poet & Serv. 34 Beer at noon, and muddled port at night. 1752Law Spirit of Love i. (1816) 16 The muddled wine always works right to the utmost of its power.
c. Of colour: Not clear.
1822–34Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) I. 157 A dull muddled white, almost resembling that of tallow, or putty.
2. Confused, dazed, stupefied.
1712Arbuthnot John Bull ii. viii, I was for five years often drunk, always muddled. 1840Dickens Barn. Rudge iii, Being at the same time slightly muddled with liquor. 1854B. Taylor in Life & Letters (1884) I. xii. 287, I write with a muddled head and a languid pen. |