MUZ'ZLE, noun 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 transitive 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. Deuteronomy 25:4. 1. To fondle with the mouth close. [Low.] 2. To restrain from hurt. My dagger muzzled-- MUZ'ZLE, verb intransitive To bring the mouth near. The bear muzzles and smells to him.
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