Muzzle, subs. (common).—1. The mouth.
1821. The Fancy, Vol. I. p. 260. He ... got hit anywhere and
everywhere, about the muzzle particularly.
1828. Jon. Bee, Picture of London, p. 113. Barbers ... having
nought more in view than to plenish the muzzles of bristly
handicraftsmen.
1836. M. Scott, Cringle’s Log, xiii. With which the worthy lady
painted our friend’s face and muzzle in a most ludicrous manner.