2. Verb. (third-person singular of muzzle) ¹
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Definition of Muzzles
1. muzzle [v] - See also: muzzle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Muzzles
Literary usage of Muzzles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Eight Years in Canada: Embracing a Review of the Administrations of Lords by Richardson (John) (1847)
"Here the Artillery were drawn up with lighted matches, the muzzles of their guns
facing the Catholic Cathedral, the bourdonnement of the bells of which had ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1823)
"... You «han't breakfast, dine, nor sup" ties their ugly muzzles up And we see
and enjoy their quandary, We all see and enjoy their quandary. ..."
3. An Impartial and Correct History of the War Between the United States of by Thomas O'Connor (1816)
"... nearly to the muzzles of the guns; nor did they retire until ordered to do
so, after every hope of ..."
4. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1872)
"Still on they près?, up to the muzzles of the guns. Meanwhile, the hot fire has
thrown the division of Gen. Pettigrew into the utmost confusion. ..."
5. The Chronicles of Baltimore: Being a Complete History of "Baltimore Town by John Thomas Scharf (1874)
"... and observed smoke issuing from the muzzles, as though they were being fired
at me ; I then turned towards my brother and endeavored to get to him. ..."
6. The Comic Almanack: An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, Containing Merry Tales by William Makepeace Thackeray, Albert Smith, Gilbert Abbott À Beckett, Horace Mayhew (1853)
"F. CIRCUMSTANCES WITH muzzles. JULY. JULY will be a very hot month. Several cases
of hydrophobia will occur. In each instance the dog will be killed as ..."