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▪ I. muzz, n. slang.|mʌz|
Also 8–9 muz.
[Belongs to next.]
One who ‘muzzes’ over books. Cf. mug n.6 2.
1788Trifler No. 5. 56 The diligence exercised in improving my mental abilities, brought upon me the almost indelible stigma of a Muz. 1807Spirit Pub. Jrnls. (1809) XII. 305, I often wish you had been with us, though we do quiz you for a reading muz. 1899W. K. R. Bedford Outcomes Old Oxford 86, I don't mind memoirs, but I hate a muzz.
▪ II. muzz, v. slang.|mʌz|
[Of obscure origin; the relation to muzzy a. is uncertain.
The word may be in part a grotesque alteration of muse v.; cf. bemuse.]
1. intr. To study intently: to ‘mug’. Const. over.
1775S. J. Pratt Liberal Opin. lxxxv. (1783) III. 134 Curse that Thomas,..for ever muzzing over a musty book. 1815Zeluca I. 356 To see you muzzing over a game of chess. 1829Scott Jrnl. 26 Jan., I muzzed on—I can call it little better—with Anne of Geierstein. 1902Daily Chron. 19 Mar. 3/3 To work overmuch at Eton is to ‘sap’,..at Westminster it is to ‘muzz’.
2. trans. To render ‘muzzy’; to fuddle. Cf. muzzle v.2
a1787‘Fred. Philon’ He would be a Soldier iv. i, Caleb. A choice companion he is; only apt to get muzzed too soon. 1794J. Williams Shrove Tuesday 6 When the nocturnal orgie'd muzz'd his brain. 1865Sat. Rev. 17 June 727/1 A certain judge was in the habit of muzzing himself by plenteous libations. 1882H. Bradshaw in Prothero Mem. viii. (1888) 259 A very heavy cold on me..muzzed my head.
3. intr. To loiter aimlessly; to ‘hang about’. Cf. muss v.2 2.
1779F. Burney Diary 11 Jan., If you but knew..who I shall see to-night, you would not dare keep me muzzing here. 1794J. Williams Parental Didactics 18 And that high royal corps snug and sublime, Who muz majestic in the court ycleped Crane.
Hence muzzed a., fuddled. ˈmuzzing ppl. a., that studies hard, ‘mugging’.
1793J. Beresford in W. Roberts Looker-on No. 54 (1794) II. 311 Hunt out some college cell, Where muzzing quizzes mutter monkish schemes. 1836Comic Almanack Mar. (1870) 48 While Harlequin, half muzz'd with wine, Don't care a rush for Columbine. 1851Owen in Life (1894) I. 352 At Westminster..he is in a class of very sharp and hard-working, or as he calls it, muzzing boys. |