A nick name for a blacksmith; also neat and spruce.
·vt To make smug, or spruce. II. Smug ·adj Studiously neat or nice, especially in dress; spruce; af...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Persons who pretend to be smugglers of lace and valuable articles; these men borrow money of publica...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Contraband traders on the coast of China; opium boats. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book