Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Muzzling"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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. ``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.
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