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Rebellowing. Dr. H. More.

at or nice, especially in dress; spruce; affectedly precise; smooth and prim. They be so smug and smooth. Robynson (More's Utopia). The smug and scanty draperies of his style. De Quincey. A young, smug, handsome holiness has no fellow. Beau & Fl.

ontrary to the law; to import or export without paying the duties imposed by law; as, to smuggle lace.

One who smuggles.

In a smug manner. [R.] Gay.

The quality or state of being smug.

Same as Almug (and etymologically preferable). 2 Chron. ii. 8.

A genus of plants including the plants called mugwort, southernwood, and wormwood. Of these A. absinthium, or common wormwood, is well known, and A. tridentata is the sage brush of the Rocky Mountain region.

A mullet (Mugil capito) found in the rivers of Southern Europe and in Africa.

P. Sidney. Coast guard. (a) A body of men originally employed along the coast to prevent smuggling; now, under the control of the admiralty, drilled as a naval reserve. [Eng.] (b) The force employed in lifesaving stations along the seacoast. [U. S.] -- Coast rat (Zoöl.), a South African mammal (Bathyergus suillus), abo…

To import illegaly, as prohibited goods; to smuggle. [Obs.] Johnson.

Traffic in contraband gods; smuggling.

One who traffic illegaly; a smuggler.

A peddler or hawker, especially of cheap and flashy goods pretended to be smuggled; a duffer. [Eng.]

hospermum; gromwell. -- Gray mullet (Zoöl.) any one of the numerous species of the genus Mugil, or family Mugilidæ, found both in the Old World and America; as the European species (M. capito, and M. auratus), the American striped mullet (M. albula), and the white or silver mullet (M. Braziliensis). See Mullet. -- Gr…

The American white mullet (Mugil curema).

The striped mullet of California (Mugil cephalus, or Mexicanus).

Misty; dark; murky; muggy. [Obs.]

The mugwort. See Mugwort.

Any one of numerous fishes of the genus Mugil; -- called also gray mullets. They are found on the coasts of both continents, and are highly esteemed as food. Among the most valuable species are Mugil capito of Europe, and M. cephalus which occurs both on the European and American coasts.