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Webster 1913 Edition

Muzzle

Muz′zle

,
Noun.
[OE.
mosel
, OF.
musel
, F.
museau
muzzle or snout, LL.
musellus
, fr.
musus
,
morsus
. See
Muse
,
Verb.
I.
, and cf.
Morsel
.]
1.
The projecting mouth and nose of a quadruped, as of a horse; a snout.
2.
The mouth of a thing; the end for entrance or discharge;
as, the
muzzle
of a gun
.
3.
A fastening or covering (as a band or cage) for the mouth of an animal, to prevent eating or vicious biting.
With golden
muzzles
all their mouths were bound
Dryden.
Muzzle sight
.
(Gun.)
See
Dispart
,
Noun.
, 2.

Muz′zle

,
Verb.
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.
Thou shalt not
muzzle
the ox when he treadeth out the corn.
Deut. xxv. 4.
2.
To fondle with the closed mouth.
[Obs.]
L’Estrange.

Muz′zle

,
Verb.
I.
To bring the mouth or muzzle near.
The bear
muzzles
and smells to him.
L'Estrange.

Webster 1828 Edition

Muzzle

MUZ'ZLE

, n.
1.
The mouth of a thing; the extreme or end for entrance or discharge; applied chiefly to the end of a tube, as the open end of a common fusee or pistol,or of a bellows.
2.
A fastening for the mouth which hinders from biting.
With golden muzzles all their mouths were bound.

MUZ'ZLE

,
Verb.
T.
To bind the mouth; to fasten the mouth to prevent biting or eating.
Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn. Deut.25.
1.
To fondle with the mouth close. [Low.]
2.
To restrain from hurt.
My dagger muzzled--

MUZ'ZLE

,
Verb.
I.
To bring the mouth near.
The bear muzzles and smells to him.

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