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beer, originally made in Brunswick, Germany. Addison. The clamorous crowd is hushed with mugs of mum. Pope.

A small mug or cup.

An order of fishes including the gray mullets (Mugil), the barracudas, the silversides, and other related fishes. So called from their relation both to perches and to pikes.

An earthen or pewter cup for liquors; a mug.

Preventive service, the duty performed by the armed police in guarding the coast against smuggling. [Eng]

The act of drinking; as, to take a pull at the beer, or the mug. [Slang] Dickens.

se. Revenue cutter, an armed government vessel employed to enforce revenue laws, prevent smuggling, etc.

To cause to pass, to evade, offical restrictions; to smuggle; -- said of contraband or dutiable goods. heavy impositions . . . are a strong temptation of running goods. Swift.

A smuggler. [Colloq.] R. North.

Smugly; finically. [Obs.] Ford.

A small jug, pitcher, or mug, generally used for ale, shaped somewhat like a stout man, with a cocked hat forming the brim.

öl.), the albino variety of the common mouse. -- White mullet (Zoöl.), a silvery mullet (Mugil curema) ranging from the coast of the United States to Brazil; -- called also blue- back mullet, and liza. -- White nun (Zoöl.), the smew; -- so called from the white crest and the band of black feathers on the back of its…