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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.

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

Muzzle sight. (Gun.) See
Dispart, n., 2.

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.


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