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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.

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."

Shak.

Hooding end (Shipbuilding), the end of a hood where it enters the rabbet in the stem post or stern post.

Hood"cap`, n. See Hooded seal, under Hooded.

Hood"ed, a. 1. Covered with a hood.

2. Furnished with a hood or something like a hood.

3. Hood-shaped; esp. (Bot.), rolled up like a cornet of paper; cuculate, as the spethe of the Indian turnip.

4. (Zoˆl.) (a) Having the head conspicuously different in color from the rest of the plumage; -- said of birds. (b) Having a hoodlike crest or prominence on the head or neck; as, the hooded seal; a hooded snake.

Hooded crow, a European crow (Corvus cornix); -- called also hoody, dun crow, and royston crow. -- Hooded gull, the European black-headed pewit or gull. -- Hooded merganser. See Merganser. -- Hooded seal, a large North Atlantic seal (Cystophora cristata). The male has a large, inflatible, hoodlike sac upon the head. Called also hoodcap. -- Hooded sheldrake, the hooded merganser. See Merganser. -- Hooded snake. See Cobra de capello, Asp, Haje, etc. -- Hooded warbler, a small American warbler (Sylvania mitrata).

Hood"less, a. Having no hood.

Hood"lum (?), n. A young rowdy; a rough, lawless fellow. [Colloq. U.S.]

Hood"man (?), n. The person blindfolded in the game called hoodman-blind. [Obs.] Shak.

Hood"man-blind` (?), n. An old term for blindman's buff. Shak.

{ Hood" mold`ing Hood" mould`ing } (?). (Arch.) A projecting molding over the head of an arch, forming the outermost member of the archivolt; -- called also hood mold.

Hoo"doo (?), n. [Perh. a var. of voodoo.] One who causes bad luck. [Colloq.]

Hood"wink (?), v. t. [Hood + wink.] 1. To blind by covering the eyes.

We will blind and hoodwink him.

Shak.

2. To cover; to hide. [Obs.] Shak.

3. To deceive by false appearance; to impose upon. "Hoodwinked with kindness." Sir P. Sidney.

Hood"y (?), n. (Zoˆl.) The hooded crow; also, in Scotland, the hooded gull.

Hoof (?), n.; pl. Hoofs (#), very rarely Hooves (#). [OE. hof, AS. hf; akin to D. hoef, G1huf, OHG. huof, Icel. hfr, Sw. hof, Dan. hov; cf. Russ. kopuito, Skr. Áapha. &radic;225.] 1. The horny substance or case that covers or terminates the feet of certain animals, as horses, oxen, etc.