(intransitive, now dialectal, UK, Canada, US) To rain in very fine drops.
(transitive) To muddle or confuse. (Probably from a misreading of past tense/participle misled.)
muzzle
muzzle
noun
(chiefly Scotland) A piece of the forward end of the plow-beam by which the traces are attached.
(firearms) The mouth or the end for entrance or discharge of a gun, pistol etc., that the bullet emerges from.
(obsolete, historical) An openwork covering for the nose, used for the defense of the horse, and forming part of the bards in the 15th and 16th centuries.
(slang, derogatory, by extension) A person's mouth.
A device used to prevent an animal from biting or eating, which is worn on its snout.
The protruding part of an animal's head which includes the nose, mouth and jaws.
verb
(intransitive) To bring the muzzle or mouth near.
(transitive) To bind or confine an animal's mouth by putting a muzzle, as to prevent it from eating or biting.
(transitive, figuratively) To restrain (from speaking, expressing opinion or acting); to gag; to silence; to censor.
(transitive, obsolete) To fondle with the closed mouth; to nuzzle.