Excerpt from Glossary of Northamptonshire Words and Phrases, With Examples of Their Colloquial Use, and Illustrations From Various Authors, Vol. 2: To Which Are Added, the Customs of the CountyAlways pronounced "moffle." To stammer, to talk indistinctly. There is good authority for this apparently vulgar word. Florio, in his "Worlde of Wordes, " gives, "Seilinguare, to stutter, to maffle or faulter in speech, " and Cotgrave, under Bredouiller,...
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