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eat 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.

contrary 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.

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), ab…

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.]

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

use. 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.