Muffler

MUFFLER muf'-ler (re`alah):

The name given to an article of woman's dress in Isaiah 3:19. It describes a veil more elaborate and costly than the ordinary. A cognate word in the sense of "veiled" is applied in the Mishna (Shabbath, vi.6) to Jewesses from Arabia.

See DRESS.

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Bibliography Information

Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'MUFFLER'".  "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia".  1915.