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Webster 1913 Edition

Hood

Hood

,
Noun.
[OE.
hood
,
hod
, AS.
hōd
; 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.

Hood

(hoŏd)
,
Verb.
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.
2.
To cover; to hide; to blind.
While grace is saying, I'll
hood
mine eyes
Thus with my hat, and sigh and say, “Amen.”
Shakespeare
Hooding end
(Shipbuilding)
,
the end of a hood where it enters the rabbet in the stem post or stern post.

Webster 1828 Edition

Hood

HOOD.

[L. fraternitas.]
HOOD, n.
1.
A covering for the head used by females, and deeper than a bonnet.
2.
A covering for the head and shoulders used by monks; a cowl.
3.
A covering for a hawk's head or eyes; used in falconry.
4.
Any thing to be drawn over the head to cover it.
5.
An ornamental fold that hangs down the back of a graduate to mark his degree.
6.
A low wooden porch over the ladder which leads to the steerage of a ship; the upper part of a galley-chimney; the cover of a pump.
HOOD, v.t. To dress in a hood or cowl; to put on a hood.
The friar hooded, and the monarch crowned.
1.
To cover; to blind.
I'll hood my eyes.
2.
To cover.
And hood the flames.

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