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muz⋅zle

  [muhz-uhl] noun, verb, -zled, -zling.
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–noun
1. the mouth, or end for discharge, of the barrel of a gun, pistol, etc.
2. the projecting part of the head of an animal, including jaws, mouth, and nose.
3. a device, usually an arrangement of straps or wires, placed over an animal's mouth to prevent the animal from biting, eating, etc.
–verb (used with object)
4. to put a muzzle on (an animal or its mouth) so as to prevent biting, eating, etc.
5. to restrain from speech, the expression of opinion, etc.: The censors muzzled the press.
6. Nautical. to attach the cable to the stock of (an anchor) by means of a light line to permit the anchor to be pulled loose readily.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME musel < MF < ML mūsellum, dim. of mūsum snout < ?

Synonyms:
5. silence, quiet, still, supress.
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muz·zle   (mŭz'əl)   
n.  

  1. The forward, projecting part of the head of certain animals, such as dogs, including the mouth, nose, and jaws; the snout.

  2. A leather or wire restraining appliance that, when fitted over an animal's snout, prevents biting and eating.

  3. The forward, discharging end of the barrel of a firearm.

  4. A restraint on free movement or expression: had a muzzle put on their high spirits.

tr.v.   muz·zled, muz·zling, muz·zles

  1. To put a muzzle on (an animal).

  2. To restrain from expression: tried to muzzle the opposition.


[Middle English mosel, from Old French musel, from Medieval Latin mūsellum, diminutive of mūsus, snout, from Latin mūsum.]
muz'zler n.
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Word Origin & History

muzzle 
c.1386, "device put over an animal's mouth to stop it from biting, eating, or rooting," from O.Fr. musel (12c.), from muse "muzzle," from Gallo-Romance *musa "snout," of unknown origin, possibly related to L. morsus "bite." Meaning "projecting part of the head of an animal" is from c.1410; sense of "open end of a firearm" first recorded 1566. The verb meaning "to put a muzzle on" is first recorded c.1470.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 1muz·zle
Pronunciation: 'm&z-&l
Function: noun
1 : the projecting jaws and nose of an animal : SNOUT
2 : a fastening or covering for the mouth of an animal used to prevent eating or biting

Main Entry: 2muzzle
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: muz·zled; muz·zling /-(&-)li[ng]/
: to fit with amuzzle
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Bible Dictionary

Muzzle

Grain in the East is usually thrashed by the sheaves being spread out on a floor, over which oxen and cattle are driven to and fro, till the grain is trodden out. Moses ordained that the ox was not to be muzzled while thrashing. It was to be allowed to eat both the grain and the straw (Deut. 25:4). (See AGRICULTURE.)

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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