What is etym: [Cf. Buffer.] To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper called?
buffet — Etym: [Cf. Buffer.] To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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