muzzle

n. மூஞ்சி, விலங்கின் மூக்கின் வாயுமுள்ள முற்பகுதி, துப்பாக்கி வாய்முகப்பு, விலங்கின் வாரினாலான முகவாய்க் கட்டு, கம்பியாலான விலங்கின். வாய்மூடி. (வினை) வாய்மூடியிடு. பேசாதிருக்கும்படி செய், பாய்மரத்தை உள்வாங்கு.

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Muz"zle, n. Etym: [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. 2. The mouth of a thing; the end for entrance or discharge; as, the muzzle of a gun. 3. A fastening or covering (as a band or cage) for the mouth of an animal, to prevent eating or vicious biting. With golden muzzles all their mouths were bound Dryden. Muzzle sight. (Gun.) See Dispart, n., 2. Muz"zle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Muzzled; p. pr. & vb. n. Muzzling.] Etym: [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. Muz"zle, v. i. Defn: To bring the mouth or muzzle near. The bear muzzles and smels to him. L'Estrange.