To rumple, to make a mess of.
1806.
And what can turn their rage? Kind condescension | |
To do observance, make obliging mention, | |
Wink lovingly, mux chastity away. | |
The Balance, Aug. 26, p. 272/2. |
1877. Stop muxin that bread! youve eaten enough for twenty people. I shant have you muxing and gauming up your victuals.J. M. Bailey, They all Do It, p. 22 (Bartlett).