Definition of muzzle

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Muzzle (v. i.) To bring the mouth or muzzle near.

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Drop :: Drop (n.) To lower, as a curtain, or the muzzle of a gun, etc..
Mosel :: Mosel (n. & v.) See Muzzle.
Depress :: Depress (v. t.) To press down; to cause to sink; to let fall; to lower; as, to depress the muzzle of a gun; to depress the eyes..
Patch :: Patch (n.) A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting..
Dragon :: Dragon (n.) A short musket hooked to a swivel attached to a soldier's belt; -- so called from a representation of a dragon's head at the muzzle.
Muzzle :: Muzzle (v. t.) 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..
Foresight :: Foresight (n.) Muzzle sight. See Fore sight, under Fore, a..
Bayonet :: Bayonet (n.) A pointed instrument of the dagger kind fitted on the muzzle of a musket or rifle, so as to give the soldier increased means of offense and defense..
Ramrod :: Ramrod (n.) The rod used in ramming home the charge in a muzzle-loading firearm.
Sight :: Sight (v. t.) A small piece of metal, fixed or movable, on the breech, muzzle, center, or trunnion of a gun, or on the breech and the muzzle of a rifle, pistol, etc., by means of which the eye is guided in aiming..
Muzzle-loading :: Muzzle-loading (a.) Receiving its charge through the muzzle; as, a muzzle-loading rifle..
Viz-cacha :: Viz-cacha (n.) A large burrowing South American rodent (Lagostomus trichodactylus) allied to the chinchillas, but much larger. Its fur is soft and rather long, mottled gray above, white or yellowish white beneath. There is a white band across the muzzle, and a dark band on each cheek. It inhabits grassy plains, and is noted for its extensive burrows and for heaping up miscellaneous articles at the mouth of its burrows. Called also biscacha, bizcacha, vischacha, vishatscha..
Fillet :: Fillet (n.) The raised molding about the muzzle of a gun.
Muzzle :: Muzzle (v. i.) The mouth of a thing; the end for entrance or discharge; as, the muzzle of a gun..
Muzzle :: Muzzle (v. i.) To bring the mouth or muzzle near.
Muzzle-loader :: Muzzle-loader (n.) A firearm which receives its charge through the muzzle, as distinguished from one which is loaded at the breech..
Tertiate :: Tertiate (v. t.) To examine, as the thickness of the metal at the muzzle of a gun; or, in general, to examine the thickness of, as ordnance, in order to ascertain its strength..
Muzzle :: Muzzle (v. t.) To fondle with the closed mouth.
Muzzle :: Muzzle (v. i.) A fastening or covering (as a band or cage) for the mouth of an animal, to prevent eating or vicious biting..
Dispart :: Dispart (n.) 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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