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<i>Chaucer.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Hurrah! -- an exclamation of triumphant joy.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>-hood</h1> <Xpage=703>

<hw>-hood</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[OE. <ets>hod</ets>, <ets>had</ets>, <ets>hed</ets>, <ets>hede</ets>, etc., person, rank, order, condition, AS. <ets>h\'bed</ets>; akin to OS. <ets>h\'c7d</ets>, OHG. <ets>heit</ets>, G. -<ets>heit</ets>, D. -<ets>heid</ets>, Goth. <ets>haidus</ets> manner; cf. Skr. <ets>k\'c7tu</ets> brightness, <ets>cit</ets> to appear, be noticeable, notice. &root;217. Cf. <er>-head</er>.]</ety> <def>A termination denoting <i>state</i>, <i>condition</i>, <i>quality</i>, <i>character</i>, <i>totality</i>, as in man<i>hood</i>, child<i>hood</i>, knight<i>hood</i>, brother<i>hood</i>. Sometimes it is written, chiefly in obsolete words, in the form -<i>head</i>.</def>

<h1>Hood</h1> <Xpage=703>

<hw>Hood</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>hood</ets>, <ets>hod</ets>, AS. <ets>h\'d3d</ets>; akin to D. <ets>hoed</ets> hat, G. <ets>hut</ets>, OHG. <ets>huot</ets>, also to E. <ets>hat</ets>, and prob. to E. <ets>heed</ets>. &root;13.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>State; condition.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>How could thou ween, through that disguised <b>hood</b> To hide thy state from being understood? <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A covering or garment for the head or the head and shoulders, often attached to the body garment</def>; especially: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A soft covering for the head, worn by women, which leaves only the face exposed</def>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A part of a monk's outer garment, with which he covers his head; a cowl</def>. "All <i>hoods</i> make not monks." <i>Shak</i>. <sd>(c)</sd> <def>A like appendage to a cloak or loose overcoat, that may be drawn up over the head at pleasure</def>. <sd>(d)</sd> <def>An ornamental fold at the back of an academic gown or ecclesiastical vestment; <as>as, a master's <ex>hood</ex></as></def>. <sd>(e)</sd> <def>A covering for a horse's head</def>. <sd>(f)</sd> <fld>(Falconry)</fld> <def>A covering for a hawk's head and eyes. See <i>Illust</i>. of <er>Falcon</er>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Anything resembling a hood in form or use</def>; as: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The top or head of a carriage</def>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A chimney top, often contrived to secure a constant draught by turning with the wind</def>. <sd>(c)</sd> <def>A projecting cover above a hearth, forming the upper part of the fireplace, and confining the smoke to the flue</def>. <sd>(d)</sd> <def>The top of a pump</def>. <sd>(e)</sd> <fld>(Ord.)</fld> <def>A covering for a mortar</def>. <sd>(f)</sd> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The hood-shaped upper petal of some flowers, as of monkshood; -- called also <altname>helmet</altname></def>. <i>Gray</i>. <sd>(g)</sd> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A covering or porch for a companion hatch.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Shipbuilding)</fld> <def>The endmost plank of a strake which reaches the stem or stern.</def>

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<h1>Hood</h1> <Xpage=704>

<hw>Hood</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Hooded</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Hooding</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To cover with a hood; to furnish with a hood or hood-shaped appendage.</def>

<blockquote>The friar <b>hooded</b>, and the monarch crowned. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To cover; to hide; to blind.</def>

<blockquote>While grace is saying, I'll <b>hood</b> mine eyes Thus with my hat, and sigh and say, "Amen." <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Hooding end</col> <fld>(Shipbuilding)</fld>, <cd>the end of a hood where it enters the rabbet in the stem post or stern post.</cd></cs>

<h1>Hoodcap</h1> <Xpage=704>

<hw>Hood"cap`</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <cref>Hooded seal</cref>, under <er>Hooded</er>.</def>

<h1>Hooded</h1> <Xpage=704>

<hw>Hood"ed</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Covered with a hood.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Furnished with a hood or something like a hood.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Hood-shaped; esp. <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, rolled up like a cornet of paper; cuculate, as the spethe of the Indian turnip.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Having the head conspicuously different in color from the rest of the plumage; -- said of birds.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Having a hoodlike crest or prominence on the head or neck; <as>as, the <ex>hooded</ex> seal; a <ex>hooded</ex> snake.</as></def>

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

<h1>Hoodless</h1> <Xpage=704>

<hw>Hood"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having no hood.</def>