muzzle 
2. The mouth of a thing: the end for entrance 
or discharge : applied chiefly to the end of a 
tube, as the open end of a gun or pistol. 3. 
Anything which 
prevents an ani- 
mal from biting, 
as a strap around 
the jaws, or a sort 
of cage, as of wire, 
into which I lie muz- 
zle (def. 1) is in- 
serted. 
With golden muzzlet all 
their mouths were 
bound. 
Dryden, Pal. and Arc., 
(111. 68. 
4 In armor ftn Muzzle of War-horse, forming part 
. J BniKrTj an of the bards or defensive armor ; 16th 
openwork covering century. 
for the nose, used for the defense of the horse, 
and forming part of the bards in the fifteenth 
and sixteenth centuries. 5. A piece of the 
forward end of the plow-beam by which the 
traces are attached: same as bridle, 5 Muzzle- 
energy, the energy of a shot when it leaves the muzzle of 
a gun, expressed by the formula 
wt>2 
* foot-tons 
32.10 X 4880 
of energy, w representing the weight of shot in pounds and 
v the velocity in feet per second. Muzzle-velocity, in 
inin., the velocity, In feet per second, of a projectile as it 
leaves the muzzle of a piece. See velocity. 
muzzle (rnuz'l), .; pret. and pp. muzzled, ppr. 
muzzling. [Early mod. E. also muzlf, mouslc, 
mouzle, mosel, etc., < ME. muselen, < OF. (and F. ) 
moseler, < "mosel, musel, muzzle: see muzzle.] 
1, trans. 1. To bind or confine the mouth of in 
order to prevent biting or eating. 
As Osye bigan to speke, 
Thou schalt museu hellecheke 
And hell barre tin hand schal breke. 
Uoly Rood (E. E. T. S.), p. 213. 
Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the 
corn. Dent xxv. 4. 
My dagger muzzled, 
Lest it should bite its master. 
SAofc.W. T..L2. 166. 
2. Figuratively, to gag; silence. 
How wretched is the fate of those who write ! 
Brought muzzled to the stage, for fear they bite. 
Dryden, Prol. to Fletcher's Pilgrim. 
The press was muzzled, and allowed to publish only the 
reports of the official gazette. Harper 1 ! Mag. , LXXVI. 92. 
3f. To mask. Jamieson. 
They danced along the kirk-yard ; Geillie Duncan, play- 
ing on a trump, and John Finn, muzzled, led the way. 
Newetfrom Scotland (1M>1). 
4f. To fondle with the closed mouth ; nuzzle. 
The nurse was then muzzling and coaxing of the child. 
Sir R. L'Eftrange. 
6. To grub up with the snout, as swine do. 
Halliwell. [Prov. Eng.] 6f. To handle or pull 
about. 
He ... so mousled me. Wycherley, Country Wife, IT. 3. 
Muzzle the pegt. Same as mumMe-tfie-pey. = Syu. Muffle, 
etc. See gag, v. t. 
II. intrans. 1. To bring the muzzle or mouth 
near. 
The hear muzzles and smells to him. Sir R. L' Estrange. 
2. To drink to excess; guzzle. Halliwell. [Prov. 
Eng.] 3. To loiter; trifle; skulk. Hullhrell. 
[Prov. Eng.] 
muzzle-bag (muz'1-bag), n. Naut., a painted 
canvas cap litted over the muzzle of a gun at 
sea, to keep out water, 
muzzle-lashing (muz'l-lash'ing), w. \nnt., ;i 
rope used to lash the muzzle of a gnn to the 
upper part of a port when housed, 
muzzle-loader (muz'l-16'dur), . A gun which 
is loaded from the muzzle: opposed to breech - 
limder. 
muzzle-loading (muz'l-16'ding), a. Made to 
be loaded at the muzzle: said of a gun. 
muzzle-sight (mnz'1-sit), n. A sight placed on 
or near the muzzle of a gun ; a front sight, 
muzzle-strap (muz'l-strap), n. Astrap buckled 
over the mouth of a horse or other animal to 
prevent biting: it is a substitute for a muzzle, 
muzzy (muz'i), a. [Appar. var. of *,<//. < 
' + -i/i. ('!'. mu;:.] Dazed ; stupid ; tipsy. 
Mr. L., a sensible man of eighty-two, ... his wife a 
dull initzzii old creature. 
Mm*: D'Arblay, Diary, I. 306. (Datiet.) 
Very muzzy with British principles and spirits. 
ISlllm-r, My Novel, xii. 31. 
my (nil), jiron. [< Ml), iin/ii, mini; mi/in; < AS. 
niin, of me, as a poss., mine: the final bein^ 
lost as in (I for, thy for tliim; etc.: sec mine' 1 .'] 
Belonging to me: as. this is my book: always 
3917 
used attributively, mine being used for the pred- 
icate . Formerly mine was more usual before a vowel, and 
my before a consonant, but my now stands before both : as, 
my book ; my own book ; my eye. 
Therfore may no man in that Contree seyn, This Is my 
Wyf : ne no Womman may seye, This ii mm ilnsbonde. 
Mandeville, Travels, p. 178. 
I would sit In my Isle (I call it mine, after the use of 
lovers), and think upon the war. and the loudness of these 
far-away battles. /{. L. Sterentan, Memoirs of an Islet. 
Mya 1 (mi'ft), n. [NL., < L. mya for *myax, < 
(ir. uvaf, a sea-mussel, < fiiif, a muscle, mussel, 
mouse : see 
mouse, mus- 
cle 1 .] A ge- 
nus of bivalve 
shells to which 
very different 
limits have Common Clam (<U>. arauri,). 
beeuaSSlgned. a.anterioradductor muscle; 0, posterior ad- 
Rv TintiiptiH nn ductor muscle; f, heart; d, mantle with its 
mero, s snedes fllnBC ' bod "' /; f ' * f "' branch!* ; 
merous species 4 mouth ; >, one of the labial tentacles ; >. ei- 
belonging to dlf- halent siphon ; /, branchial siphon. 
ferent families 
were included in it. By later writers It was successively 
restricted : Retzius, in 1788, limited it to the (Tnionidct, 
but by subsequent authors it was used for the Mya arenaria 
and related species, and as such it is universally adopted 
at the present time. M. arenaria is the common clam or 
cob of the coasts of the northern hemisphere. M. truncata 
Is a second species, truncated behind. 
Mya- (mi'a), n. [NL., more prop. "Myia, < Gr. 
uvia, rarely ftva, a fly: see Musca.] A genus of 
flies. 
mya 3 , n. Plural of myon. 
mya-. See myio-, myo-. 
Myacea, Myaceae (mi-a'se-S, -e), n. pi. [NL. 
(Menke, 1830), < Mya + -acea, -acew.] 1. A 
family of bivalves: same as Myida;. 2. A su- 
perfamily or suborder of bivalves constituted 
for the families Myida;, Corbulida;, Saxicavida; 
and related types. 
Myadse (mi'a-de), n. pi. [NL., < Myai + -adce.] 
In conch. : (a) In earlier systems, a group of 
bivalve shells, or siphouate lamellibranchiate 
mollusks, related to the cob or clam, Mya, in- 
cluding numerous genera, such as Tellina, Ana- 
tina, Lutraria, Pandora, etc., now separated 
into different families. (6) Same as Myida. 
myalgia (im-al'ji-ii), n. [NL., < Gr. //if, mus- 
cle, + fiAyoc, pain.] Inpathol., a morbid state 
of a muscle, characterized by pain and tender- 
ness. Its pathology is obscure. Also called myo- 
dynia and muscular rheumatism Myalgia Itun- 
balis, lumbago. 
myalgic (mi-al'jik), a. [< myalgia + -ic.] Of 
or pertaining to mvalgia; affected with myal- 
gia. Quain, Med. Diet., p. 1212. 
myall, myall-tree (mi'al-tre), w. One of sev- 
eral Australian acacias, affording a hard and 
useful scented wood. The Victorian myall is Acacia 
homalophylla. It has a dark-brown wood, sought for turn- 
ers' work, and used particularly for tobacco-pipes; from 
its fragrance the wood is sometimes called violet-wood. 
Another myall is A. acuminata of western Australia, its 
wood scented like raspberry, and making durable posts 
and excellent charcoal. Others are A. pendula and -I. 
glaucexent, the latter prettily grained but less fragrant. 
Myaria (mi-a'ri-a), n. pi. [NL. : see Mya 1 .] A 
family of bivalves : same as Myida: in its more 
comprehensive sense. [Formerly in general 
use, but now abandoned.] 
myarian (mi-a'ri-an), a. and n. [< Myaria + 
-an.] I. a. Pertaining to or resembling a 
clam; of or pertaining to the Myaria. 
II. n. A clam, or some similar bivalve. 
niyasthenia (mi-as-the-ni'a), n. [< Gr. /tit, mus- 
cle, + aadevfta, weakness : see asthenia.] Mus- 
cular debility. 
myasthenic (mi-as-then'ik), a. Affected with 
myasthenia. 
mycchet, See mitch. 
mycele (mi-sel'), [< NL. mycelium.] Same 
as mycelium. 
mycelial (ml-se'li-al), a. [< mycelium + -al.] 
Of or pertaining to mycelium Mycelial layer. 
Same as membranous mycelium. Mycelial strand. 
Same as.fl'frroi mycelium. 
mycelioid (mi-se'li-oid). . [<NL. myceli(um) + 
-aid.] In bot., resembling a mushroom. 
mycelium (mi-se'li-um), n. [NL., < Gr. /II-OK, 
a fungus, + ?)/loc, nail, wart, an excrescence on 
a plant.] The vegetative part of the thallus of 
fungi, composed of one or more hyphae. The 
vegetative system of fungi consists of filiform branched or 
nnbranched cells called hypha?, and the hypha? collectively 
form the mycelium. Also mycele. See cuts under Funyi, 
mold, mildew, ergot, and ti>.iu*t,-m,,t. -Flbrlllose myce- 
lium. Same as Jibr<ms tiiijcclntiii. Fibrous mycelium, 
mycelium in which the hyphic form, by their union, elon- 
gated branching strumis. - Filamentous my celiuxn, my- 
celium of free hyphie \vhieh :uv ;tt niM-t 1. -i ly intci woven 
with one another, but without forming bodies of definite 
shape and outline. De Bary. Floccose mycelium. 
Mycetozoa 
Same as JUamentout mycelium. Membranous myceli- 
um. See membranaui. 
Mycetales (mi-se-ta'lez), . ill. [N!>. (Berke- 
ley. l."i"), < Mycetes^.] A former division of 
ci-y]itogamou8 plants, including fungi and li- 
chens. 
Mycetes 1 (mi-se'tez), n. [NL., < Gr. /ww/njc, a 
bellower, < uvuaaOat, bellow ; cf . L. muaire, bel- 
low: Beemugient.] The typical and only genuw 
of Mycetitue, establUbed by Illiger in 1811 ; the 
howlers: a synonym of Aluatta of prior date. 
There are several specie*, as H. wninut, inhabiting the 
forests of tropical America from Guatemala to Paraguay. 
See cut under hauler. 
Mycetes'^ (mi-se'tez), n. pi. [NL.. < Gr. /ivarret, 
pi. of HVIOK, a fungus, mushroom.] The plants 
now called fungi : a term proposed by Sprengel. 
Mycetinae (mi-so-ti'ne), n. pi. [NL., < Mycetets 1 
+ -ino!.] A subfamily of Cebidte, represented 
by the genus Mycetes; the howling monkeys, 
howlers, or alouates. They are platyrrhlne monkeys 
of tropical America, having the cerebrum so short that it 
leaves the cerebellum exposed behind, the Incisors \. Hi 
cal.andthehyoid bone and larynx enormously developed, 
the former being expanded and excavated into a hollow 
drum, a conformation which gives extraordinary strength 
and resonance of voice. They are the largest of Ameri- 
can monkeys, nearly Sfeet In length of head and body, In- 
cluding legs, with long prehensile tail and non-apposable 
thumb. 
mycetogenetic(mi-se''to-je-net'ik), a. Inbot., 
produced by fungi. 
Phenomena of deformation by Fungi may be termed my- 
cetoyenetic metamorphosis. De Bary, Fungi (trans. X p. 308. 
mycetogenOUS (mi-se-toj'e-nus), a. [< Gr. 
(uvtarr-), a fungus, + -yevtK, producing: see -ye- 
nous.] Same as mycttogenetic. 
mycetology (mi-se-tol'o-ji), . [< Gr. HVKIK (ftv- 
K?rr-), a fungus, T -foyia, < '/.tyfiv, speak: see 
-Igy-] The science of fungi: same as my- 
cology. 
mycetoma (mi-se-to'mft), n. [NL., < Gr. /n'/f 
(fivio/T-), a fungus, + -oma.] 1. A chronic dis- 
ease of the feet and hands occurring in Hindu- 
stan. The foot (or hand) becomes riddled with sinuses 
which discharge pale-yellow masses of minute bodies re- 
sembling fish-roe (pale or ocbroid form of mycetoma), or 
dark masses resembling gunpowder (dark or melanoid 
form). In the latter the fungus Chionyphe Carttri has been 
found. The disease lasts for decades, and the only relief 
seems to be in the amputation of the affected member. 
Also called Madura foot, Madura diseasr, /unytu dueate, 
and funrrai foot of India. 
2. [coj).] In eiitom., a genus of coleopterous in- 
sects. 
mycetophagid (mi-se-tof'a-jid), . and n. I. 
a. Of or relating to tne Mycetophagida. 
H. . One of the Mycetophagida; 
Mycetophagidae (mi-se-to-faj'i-de), . pi. 
[NL., < Mycetophagug + -id<r.] A family of 
clavicom Coleoptera, typified by the genus My- 
cetophaaus. They have the dorsal segments of the abdo- 
men partly membranous, the ventral segments free, the 
tarsi four-jointed, the wings not fringed with hair, the 
anterior coxee oval and separated by the corneous proster- 
num, the head free, and the body depressed. The species 
live in fungi and under the bark of trees. The family is 
small, but of wide distribution, containing about 10 genera 
and less than 100 species. The beetles of this family are 
sometimes distinguished as hairy funffut-beetle* from the 
Erotylida, in which case the latter are called nnuothfun- 
trtu -beetle*. 
mycetophagous (mi-se-tof'a-gus), a. [< NL. 
Mycetophaguif, < Gr. ^i*w (f lvia f T -), a fungus, + 
*ajriv, eat.] Feeding on fungi ; fungivorous. 
Mycetophagus (mi-se-tof'a-gus), w. [NL. (Hell- 
wig, 1792) : see mycetophagous.] The typical ge- 
nus of Mycetophagida;. About 30 species arc known ; 
all feed on fungi; 12 Inhabit North America, and the rest 
are found in temperate Europe. 
Mycetophila (mi-se-tof i-ia), n. [NL., < Gr. 
UVIOK (/iviarr-), a fungus, -r- <f>i)j)f, loving.] 1. 
The typical genus of Myceto]ihilida; founded by 
Meigen in 1803. The lame live in fungi and decaying 
wood. The genus is large and wide-spread ; over 100 spe- 
cies are European, and 3) are described from North Amer- 
ica. Also Mycrthophila, Mycetopkyla. 
2. A genus of tenebrionine beetles, erected by 
Gyllenhal in 1810, and comprising a number of 
European and North American species, 14 of 
which inhabit the United States. The genus is 
the same as Hycetocharu of Latreille, 1825, and the latter 
name Is commonly used, Mycetophila being preoccupied 
In Diptera. 
Mycetophilidae (nii-se-to-fil'i-de), . pi. [NL., 
< Mycetophila + -ida;.] A family of nemocer- 
ous dipterous insects, typified by "the genus My- 
cetophila; the agaric-gnats, fungus-gnats, or 
fungus-midges. There are many hundred species, of 
small or minute size, agile and saltatorlal, having few- 
veined wings without discal cell, long coxa-, sparred tibia', 
and usually ocelli. The lame are long slender grabs, like 
worms, and feed on fungi, whence the name. Also Myce- 
tnphiliiltt, MycetaphUinor, Mycetophiloida. 
Mycetozoa (mi-se-to-zo'ft), . pi. [NL., pi. of 
inij,-ito;ooH.] A group of fungus-like organisms, 
