What is to make smug, or spruce. [Obs.] Thus said, he smugged his beard, and stroked up fair. Dryton called?
smug — To make smug, or spruce. [Obs.] Thus said, he smugged his beard, and stroked up fair. Dryton. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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