Obs. [Of obscure origin: cf. SMUGGY a.] A blacksmith.
1600–9. Rowlands, Knave of Clubbes (Percy Soc.), 34. A smug of Vulcan’s forging trade.
1629. Dekker, London’s Tempe, 123. Worke, my fine smugges.
1709. E. Ward, Hud. Rediv., I. 133. ‘You’re an impudent slut,’ cries the smug at his bellows.
