Hood

Hood - Other Definitions

• (n.) State; condition.
  
  
• (n.) A covering or garment for the head or the head and shoulders, often attached to the body garment
  
  
• (n.) A soft covering for the head, worn by women, which leaves only the face exposed.
  
  
• (n.) A part of a monk's outer garment, with which he covers his head; a cowl.
  
  
• (n.) A like appendage to a cloak or loose overcoat, that may be drawn up over the head at pleasure.
  
  
• (n.) An ornamental fold at the back of an academic gown or ecclesiastical vestment; as, a master's hood.
  
  
• (n.) A covering for a horse's head.
  
  
• (n.) A covering for a hawk's head and eyes. See Illust. of Falcon.
  
  
• (n.) Anything resembling a hood in form or use
  
  
• (n.) The top or head of a carriage.
  
  
• (n.) A chimney top, often contrived to secure a constant draught by turning with the wind.
  
  
• (n.) A projecting cover above a hearth, forming the upper part of the fireplace, and confining the smoke to the flue.
  
  
• (n.) The top of a pump.
  
  
• (n.) A covering for a mortar.
  
  
• (n.) The hood-shaped upper petal of some flowers, as of monkshood; -- called also helmet.
  
  
• (n.) A covering or porch for a companion hatch.
  
  
• (n.) The endmost plank of a strake which reaches the stem or stern.
  
  
• (v. t.) To cover with a hood; to furnish with a hood or hood-shaped appendage.
  
  
• (v. t.) To cover; to hide; to blind.
  
  
• molding () Alt. of Hood moulding
  
  
• moulding () A projecting molding over the head of an arch, forming the outermost member of the archivolt; -- called also hood mold.
  
  
• (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hood