单词 | muzzling |
释义 | muzzlingn.1 1. a. The action of restraining a person from speaking; silencing by censorship, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > loss or lack of voice > [noun] > silence or not uttering > putting to silence muzzling1575 silencing1590 obaceration1658 1575 R. B. Apius & Virginia sig. Biv Here is naught els, but railing of words out of reason, Now tugging, now tatling, now musling in season. 1852 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 725 The muzzling of the press. 1890 Dict. National Biogr. XXII. 85/2 He..was asked..to go back to Paris and dissuade the government from demanding the muzzling of the English Press. 1925 E. von Arnim Love i. xiii. 134 As a daughter she wasn't able to say anything, as a hostess she wasn't able to say anything, and as a daughter and a hostess rolled into one her muzzling was complete. 1973 Encounter Aug. 85/2 Writers whose freedom was curtailed..demand..an end to muzzling. 1990 D. Kavanagh Thatcherism & Brit. Politics (ed. 2) i. 8 British government places a high premium on surface unity; witness the muzzling of potential Cabinet dissenters by the doctrine of collective responsibility. b. literal. The action of putting a muzzle on an animal. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [noun] > taming or training > tamer or trainer > restraining muzzling1579 trammelling1588 knee-haltering1908 knee-hobbling1908 1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 9 The moosling of the oxe, that treadeth the corne. ?1750 S. Hammond New Introd. Learning Muzzling, tying the Mouth. 1886 Sat. Rev. 22 May 712 Sir Charles Warren has done wisely in extending the Muzzling Order of his predecessor. 1886 Sat. Rev. 22 May 712 To enforce muzzling for an adequate period in every parish in the island. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 411/2 The extensive application of the muzzling restrictions..was accompanied by so steady a diminution in the prevalence of the disease [sc. rabies], that it was thought the latter had been extirpated. 1991 Dogs Today Mar. 18/1 The NCDL has gone from strength to strength, quietly pursuing its aims; from proper veterinary care to banning compulsory muzzling. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > actions or positions first bloodc1540 guard1601 feint1684 in holds1713 shifting1793 rally1805 muzzler1811 one-two1811 stop1812 southpaw1813 fibbing1814 leveller1814 mouther1814 ribber1814 stomacher1814 teller1814 in-fighting1816 muzzling1819 weaving1821 out-fighting1831 arm guard1832 countering1858 counter1861 clinching1863 prop1869 clinch1875 right and left1887 hook-hit1890 hook1898 cross1906 lead1906 jolt1908 swing1910 body shot1918 head shot1927 bolo punch1950 snap-back1950 counterpunch1957 counterpunching1957 Ali shuffle1966 rope-a-dope1975 1819 Sporting Mag. 4 179 He went to work at the muzzling system. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). muzzlingn.2 colloquial and English regional. Now rare. Drinking, esp. to excess; a drinking bout. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [noun] overdrinkeOE drinkingc1200 excessc1386 bibbinga1400 bollingc1540 boozingc1540 bousingc1540 swillingc1563 tippling1567 carousing1582 swinking1590 bezzling1598 swill1602 swink1611 overdrinking1616 popination1623 sottishness1648 fuddling1665 toping1668 bibbership1670 abuse1732 dram-drinking1772 dramminga1790 potation1808 spree1811 muzzling1828 bibbery1831 Bacchanalianism1855 Bacchanalism1858 smiling1858 bibulation1882 tanking1891 reeler1950 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Muzzlin, trifling, drinking. This is synonymous with the..Scotch fuslin. 1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xxxix. 394 ‘There an't a 'ousekeeper, no nor a lodger in our street, don't know that I lost money by that man [sc. Captain Cuttle], and by his guzzlings and his muzzlings’—Mrs. Mac Stinger used the last word for the joint sake of alliteration and aggravation, rather than for the expression of any idea. 1866 J. L. Motley Let. 20 June in Corr. (1889) II. vii. 222 From his point of view all our guzzlings and muzzlings must seem reprehensible. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11575n.21828 |
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