(v.) Something which perplexes or embarrasses; especially, a toy
or a problem contrived for testing ingenuity; also, something
exhibiting marvelous skill in making.
(v.) The state of being puzzled; perplexity; as, to be in a
puzzle.
(v. t.) To perplex; to confuse; to embarrass; to put to a stand;
to nonplus.
(v. t.) To make intricate; to entangle.
(v. t.) To solve by ingenuity, as a puzzle; -- followed by out;
as, to puzzle out a mystery.
(v. i.) To be bewildered, or perplexed.
(v. i.) To work, as at a puzzle; as, to puzzle over a problem.
