2. To struggle against in vain; as, a ship baffles with the winds. [R.]
BAFFLE
Baf"fle, n.
Defn: A defeat by artifice, shifts, and turns; discomfiture. [R.] "A baffle to philosophy." South.
BAFFLEMENT
Baf"fle*ment, n.
Defn: The process or act of baffling, or of being baffled; frustration; check.
BAFFLER
Baf"fler, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, baffles.
BAFFLING
Baf"fling, a.
Defn: Frustrating; discomfiting; disconcerting; as, baffling
currents, winds, tasks.
— Bafflingly, adv.
— Bafflingness, n.
BAFFY
Baff"y (baf"y), n. [See Baff, v. t.] (Golf)