Re: baffle - part of speech?

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In a message dated 4/8/99 9:38:07 PM Eastern Daylight Time, cheesbro@rpa.net 
writes:

<< >From the KLI new word list, vID 'Ir is listed as baffle, with the part of 
 >speech being noun.  Just what does this word mean, and how is it used?  Is 
it 
 >one word or two?  What is the verb "baffle"?
 
 One word [ vID'Ir ]
 
 It is a thing. 
 A car muffler is a "baffle".
 Firearm silencers have baffles inside.
 
 The dome shaped parts on top of the Bird or Prey wings where they fold,
 those are baffles (noun).
 
 DloraH
 
 
  >>

So what exactly does a baffle do?

T'Lod