Defn: To render impervious to sound, as a partition or floor, by filling the space within with mortar, by lining with paper, etc.
DEAFENING
Deaf"en*ing, n.
Defn: The act or process of rendering impervious to sound, as a floor or wall; also, the material with which the spaces are filled in this process; pugging.
DEAFLY
Deaf"ly, adv.
Defn: Without sense of sounds; obscurely.
DEAFLY
Deaf"ly, a.
Defn: Lonely; solitary. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
DEAF-MUTE
Deaf"-mute`, n.
Defn: A person who is deaf and dumb; one who, through deprivation or defect of hearing, has either failed the acquire the power of speech, or has lost it. [See Illust. of Dactylology.] Deaf-mutes are still so called, even when, by artificial methods, they have been taught to speak imperfectly.
DEAF-MUTISM
Deaf"-mut`ism, n.