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Muzzle \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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Muzzle \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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Muzzle \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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