1. BAFFLE, V.
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I. To disgrace. [Cf. Sc. BAUCHLE, F. bafouer.]

    {dag}1. To subject to public disgrace or infamy; spec. to disgrace a
perjured knight with infamy. Obs.

    {dag}2. gen. To disgrace, treat with contumely. Obs.

    {dag}3. To speak to or of in terms of contempt; to vilify, `run
down.' Obs.

    II. To cheat, juggle, bewilder, confound, foil. [Cf. F. beffler and
bafouer.]

    {dag}4. To hoodwink, gull, cheat. Obs.

    {dag}5.    a. intr. To juggle, shuffle, quibble. Obs.

    {dag}b. to baffle out or away (trans.). Obs.

    {dag}6. trans. To bewilder, confuse, confound. Obs.

    {dag}7. To confound, bring to confusion, bring to nought. Obs.

    8. To defeat anyone in his efforts; to frustrate or confound his
plans, to foil:    a. a person.

    b. actions, faculties, efforts, plans.

    c. Often said of the wind and weather defeating the efforts of a
ship to advance.

    d. In technical uses.

    {dag}9. to baffle out of: to do out of by baffling (in various
senses); to cheat, juggle, shuffle, confuse, cajole, man{oe}uvre (one)
out of anything. Obs.

    III. 10. intr. To struggle ineffectually; to move, act, or exert
oneself in a futile manner. (In north. dial. MAFFLE.)

2. BAFFLE, N. 1
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{dag}1. Disgrace, affront. Obs.

    {dag}2. A shuffle; quibbling, trifling. Obs.

    {dag}3. Confusion, discomfiture, check. Obs.

    4. The state of one who is baffled or bewildered.

    5. = BAFFLER. Also, any shielding device or structure, in many
technical uses (see quots.); spec. an acoustic screen.

    attrib. and Comb.

3. BAFFLE, N. 2
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Obs.

    ? A worn-out horse.