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ˈmuzzler
[f. muzzle n.1 and v.1 + -er1.]
1. One who muzzles animals. (In quot. fig.)
1653A. Wilson Inconst. Ladie iii. i. (1814) 49, I must not be raind vp, by a tame musler, That shall confine my freedome to his winks.
2. Pugilism. A blow on the mouth.
1811Lex. Balatron. s.v., The milling cove tipped the cull a muzzler. 1819Sporting Mag. III. 231 Smith placed that which seemed to be a muzzler upon his adversary's jaw.
3. A muzzle-loading gun.
1872W. Cory Lett. & Jrnls. (1897) 292 There is a muzzler here with which you can shoot the half-dozen pheasants.
4. Naut. (See quot. 1878.)
1878D. Kemp Yacht & Boat Sailing 359/2 Muzzler, a wind that blows directly down a vessel's intended course. Synonymous with ‘nose ender’. 1893Sloane-Stanley Remin. Midshipm. Life xxxiii. 448 The following morning there was a nice breeze, but a dead muzzler. |