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▪ I. ˈbaffling, vbl. n.
[f. baffle v. + -ing1.]
†1. Treatment with insult or contumely. Obs.
1602Warner Alb. Eng. xiii. lxxvii. (1612) 320 The baffling of those Gods themselues, in those ribaldious plaies. 1620Dekker Dreame (1860) 14 That face..put vp spettings, baffulings, buffetings.
†2. Quibbling; trifling. Obs.
1653S. Fisher Baby Bapt. To Rdr. 2 Absolute Absurdities, Babish Baflings.
3. Discomfiture of endeavour, aim, purpose, etc.
1689Advant. Pres. Settlement 13 The absolute baffling of that Dispensing Power. 1860Pusey Min. Proph. 489 A like baffling of hope.
▪ II. ˈbaffling, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
1. Bewildering; that defeats skill or endeavour.
1783Ainsworth Lat. Dict. (Morell), Baffling, Decipiens, deludens. 1817Moore Lalla R. (1824) 220 Baffling spells. 1875Whitney Life Lang. ix. 166 His task..is..difficult and baffling.
2. Naut. Of winds: That blow about and make straight sailing impracticable; shifting, variable.
1772–84Cook Voy. (1790) V. 1860 We had baffling light airs, but the wind soon settled at S. 1823Byron Island ii. xxi, I saw her in the doldrums; for the wind Was light and baffling. 1854G. Richardson Univ. Code v, 798 = Have you had baffling winds? |