-hood (?). [OE. hod, had, hed, hede, etc., person, rank, order,
condition, AS. hd; akin to OS. hd, OHG. heit, G. -heit, D. -heid, Goth.
haidus manner; cf. Skr. ktu brightness, cit to appear, be noticeable,
notice. √217. Cf. -head.] A termination denoting state,
condition, quality, character, totality, as in manhood, childhood,
knighthood, brotherhood. Sometimes it is written, chiefly in obsolete
words, in the form -head.
Hood (?), n. [OE. hood, hod, AS. hd; akin to D. hoed hat, G. hut, OHG.
huot, also to E. hat, and prob. to E. heed. √13.] 1. State;
condition. [Obs.]
How could thou ween, through that disguised hood To hide thy state
from being understood?
Spenser.
2. A covering or garment for the head or the head and shoulders, often
attached to the body garment; especially: (a) A soft covering for the
head, worn by women, which leaves only the face exposed. (b) A part of
a monk's outer garment, with which he covers his head; a cowl. "All
hoods make not monks." Shak. (c) A like appendage to a cloak or loose
overcoat, that may be drawn up over the head at pleasure. (d) An
ornamental fold at the back of an academic gown or ecclesiastical
vestment; as, a master's hood. (e) A covering for a horse's head. (f)
(Falconry) A covering for a hawk's head and eyes. See Illust. of
Falcon.
3. Anything resembling a hood in form or use; as: (a) The top or head
of a carriage. (b) A chimney top, often contrived to secure a constant
draught by turning with the wind. (c) A projecting cover above a
hearth, forming the upper part of the fireplace, and confining the
smoke to the flue. (d) The top of a pump. (e) (Ord.) A covering for a
mortar. (f) (Bot.) The hood-shaped upper petal of some flowers, as of
monkshood; -- called also helmet. Gray. (g) (Naut.) A covering or porch
for a companion hatch.
4. (Shipbuilding) The endmost plank of a strake which reaches the stem
or stern.
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Hood (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hooded (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hooding.] 1.
To cover with a hood; to furnish with a hood or hood-shaped appendage.
The friar hooded, and the monarch crowned.
Pope.