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Muzzle \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.
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2. The mouth of a thing; the end for entrance or discharge;
as, the muzzle of a gun.
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3. A fastening or covering (as a band or cage) for the mouth
of an animal, to prevent eating or vicious biting.
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With golden muzzles all their mouths were bound
--Dryden.
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{Muzzle sight}. (Gun.) See {Dispart}, n., 2.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Dispart \Dis*part"\, n.
1. (Gun.) The difference between the thickness of the metal
at the mouth and at the breech of a piece of ordnance.
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On account of the dispart, the line of aim or line
of metal, which is in a plane passing through the
axis of the gun, always makes a small angle with the
axis. --Eng. Cys.
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2. (Gun.) A piece of metal placed on the muzzle, or near the
trunnions, on the top of a piece of ordnance, to make the
line of sight parallel to the axis of the bore; -- called
also {dispart sight}, and {muzzle sight}.
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