muzzle

• But beneath, this muzzle is a patent sham. —  New Italian sketches
• Those nearest to him recoiled as the muzzle was thrust into their faces He daren't shoot," insisted a voice which Foyle recognised as that of Ivan In fact, the gibe was partly true. —  The Grell Mystery
• In this dilemma he resolved to tie up the said muzzle, and the legs also, even at the risk of causing death. —  My Doggie and I
• He had privately resolved in his own mind that he would escape, but the hopelessness of his ever carrying that resolution into effect would have been apparent to any one who could have seen the way in which his muzzle was secured, and his four paws were tied together in a bunch, as he hung suspended across the saddle of one of the savages This particular party of Indians who had followed Dick Varley determined not to wait for the return of their comrades who were in pursuit of the other two hunters, but to go straight home, so for several days they galloped away over the prairie. —  The Dog Crusoe and his Master
• At the same moment Miles struck up the muzzle, and the ball whizzed over the Arab's head as he passed behind the rock and disappeared What for did ye that?" —  Blue Lights Hot Work in the Soudan

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