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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; as, the
dictator muzzled all the newspapers. "My dagger muzzled."
--Shak.
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Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out
the corn. --Deut. xxv.
4.
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2. To fondle with the closed mouth. [Obs.] --L'Estrange.
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