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muffle [< F muffle muzzle] 
n. the nose and upper lip of the moose used as food, considered a delicacy.
See also: moose nose mouf(f)le
- 1791 (1937) I bought 20 lb. of Moose meat, and a Muffle, as it is called. . . .
- 1873 (1952) A banquet of baronial proportions was decreed--Buffalo tongues and humps . . . the muf[f]Ies of Moose-deer, the tails of Beaver. . . .
- 1958 Muffle--the great proboscis of the lordly moose appearing as an article of food is terrifying to say the least.
- 1791 (1937) I bought 20 lb. of Moose meat, and a Muffle, as it is called. . . .