MUZZLE
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Muz"zle (?), n. [OE. mosel, OF. musel, F. museau muzzle or snout, LL. musellus, fr. musus, morsus. See Muse, v. i., and cf. Morsel.] 1. The projecting mouth and nose of a quadruped, as of a horse; a snout.
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2. The mouth of a thing; the end for entrance or discharge; as, the muzzle of a gun.
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3. A fastening or covering (as a band or cage) for the mouth of an animal, to prevent eating or vicious biting.
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With golden muzzles all their mouths were bound
Dryden.
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Muzzle sight. (Gun.) See Dispart, n., 2.
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Muz"zle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Muzzled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Muzzling (?).] [F. museler.] 1. To bind the mouth of; to fasten the mouth of, so as to prevent biting or eating; hence, figuratively, to bind; to sheathe; to restrain from speech or action; as, the dictator muzzled all the newspapers. “My dagger muzzled.” Shak.
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Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.
Deut. xxv. 4.
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2. To fondle with the closed mouth. [Obs.] L'Estrange.
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Muz"zle, v. i. To bring the mouth or muzzle near.
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The bear muzzles and smells to him.
L'Estrange.
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