Hood | Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Hōōd

[A-S. hād, from hād, state, sex, order, degree, person, form, manner, O. Sax. hēd, Goth. haidus, O. & M. H. Ger. heit; Ger. -heit, D. -heid, Dan. -hed, Sw. -het.] A termination denoting state or fixedness, condition, quality, character, totality, as in manhood, childhood, knighthood, brotherhood. Sometimes it is written according to the German form, head, as maidenhead, godhead.

Hōōd, n.

noun

n. [A.-S. hōd, a hood, D. hoed, O. H. Ger. huot, N. H. Ger. hut, hat, Dan. hütte, hood, cowl, from A.-S. hēdan, O. H. Ger. huotan, N. H. Ger. hüten, to heed, take care of. Cf. HAT.]

That which covers the head and shoulders; especially, (a.) A soft covering for the head worn by women. (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; as, a master’s hood. (e.) (Falconry.) A covering for a hawk’s head or eyes.
Dress in general; covering. [Obs. and rare.] “Through that disguised hood.” Spenser.
Any thing resembling a hood in form or uses; as, (a.) The top or head of a carriage. (b.) A chimney-top, often movable on a pivot to secure a constant draught by turning with the wind. (c.) The top of a pump. (d.) (Bot.) The hood-shaped upper petal of some flowers, as of monk’s-hood;—called also helmet. Gray. (e.) (Naut.) A covering or porch for a companion-hatch. Totten.

Hōod, v. t.

verbtransitive

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 cobbler aproned, and the parson gowned, The friar hooded, and the monarch crowned. Pope.

Sense 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.