to make turbid, or muddy, as water.-to cloud or stupefy; to render stupid with liquor; to intoxicate partially.-to waste or misuse, as one does who is stupid or intoxicated.-to mix confusedly; to confuse; to make a mess of; as, to muddle matters; also, to perplex; to mystify.-to dabble in mud.-to think and act in a confused, aimless way.-a state of being turbid or confused; hence, intellectual cloudiness or dullness.