-hood

12 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hood \Hood\, n. [OE. hood, hod, AS. h[=o]d; akin to D. hoed hat,
     G. hut, OHG. huot, also to E. hat, and prob. to E. heed.
     [root]13.]
     1. State; condition. [Obs.]
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              How could thou ween, through that disguised hood
              To hide thy state from being understood? --Spenser.
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     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}.
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     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.
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     4. (Shipbuilding) The endmost plank of a strake which reaches
        the stem or stern.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  -hood \-hood\ [OE. hod, had, hed, hede, etc., person, rank,
     order, condition, AS. h[=a]d; akin to OS. h[=e]d, OHG. heit,
     G. -heit, D. -heid, Goth. haidus manner; cf. Skr. k[=e]tu
     brightness, cit to appear, be noticeable, notice. [root]217.
     Cf. {-head}.]
     A termination denoting state, condition, quality, character,
     totality, as in manhood, childhood, knighthood, brotherhood.
     Sometimes it is written, chiefly in obsolete words, in the
     form -head.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hoodlum \Hood"lum\, n.
     A young rowdy; a rough, lawless fellow; colloquially, called
     also {hood}. [Colloq. U.S.]
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           Just tell your hoodlum friends outside
           You ain't got time to take no ride. --Yakety-Yak (Song)
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hood \Hood\, n.
     1. [shortened from hoodlum.] Same as {hoodlum}. [Colloq.]
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     2. [shortened from neighborhood.] Same as {neighborhood}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hood \Hood\ (h[oo^]d), 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.
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              The friar hooded, and the monarch crowned. --Pope.
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     2. To cover; to hide; to blind.
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              While grace is saying, I'll hood mine eyes
              Thus with my hat, and sigh and say, "Amen." --Shak.
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     {Hooding end} (Shipbuilding), the end of a hood where it
        enters the rabbet in the stem post or stern post.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bonnet \Bon"net\ (b[o^]n"n[e^]t), n. [OE. bonet, OF. bonet,
     bonete. F. bonnet fr. LL. bonneta, bonetum; orig. the name of
     a stuff, and of unknown origin.]
     1. A headdress for men and boys; a cap. [Obs.] --Milton.
        --Shak.
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     2. A soft, elastic, very durable cap, made of thick, seamless
        woolen stuff, and worn by men in Scotland.
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              And plaids and bonnets waving high.   --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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     3. A covering for the head, worn by women, usually protecting
        more or less the back and sides of the head, but no part
        of the forehead. The shape of the bonnet varies greatly at
        different times; formerly the front part projected, and
        spread outward, like the mouth of a funnel.
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     4. Anything resembling a bonnet in shape or use; as,
        (a) (Fort.) A small defense work at a salient angle; or a
            part of a parapet elevated to screen the other part
            from enfilade fire.
        (b) A metallic canopy, or projection, over an opening, as
            a fireplace, or a cowl or hood to increase the draught
            of a chimney, etc.
        (c) A frame of wire netting over a locomotive chimney, to
            prevent escape of sparks.
        (d) A roofing over the cage of a mine, to protect its
            occupants from objects falling down the shaft.
        (e) In pumps, a metal covering for the openings in the
            valve chambers.
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     5. (Naut.) An additional piece of canvas laced to the foot of
        a jib or foresail in moderate winds. --Hakluyt.
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     6. The second stomach of a ruminating animal.
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     7. An accomplice of a gambler, auctioneer, etc., who entices
        others to bet or to bid; a decoy. [Cant]
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     8. (Automobiles) The metal cover or shield over the motor;
        predominantly British usage. In the U.S. it is called the
        {hood}. [Brit.]
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     {Bonnet limpet} (Zool.), a name given, from their shape, to
        various species of shells (family {Calyptr[ae]id[ae]}).
  
     {Bonnet monkey} (Zool.), an East Indian monkey ({Macacus
        sinicus}), with a tuft of hair on its head; the munga.
  
     {Bonnet piece}, a gold coin of the time of James V. of
        Scotland, the king's head on which wears a bonnet. --Sir
        W. Scott.
  
     {To have a bee in the bonnet}. See under {Bee}.
  
     {Black bonnet}. See under {Black}.
  
     {Blue bonnet}. See in the Vocabulary.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  'hood
       n : (slang) a neighborhood

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hood
       n 1: an aggressive and violent young criminal [syn: {hoodlum}, {goon},
             {punk}, {thug}, {tough}, {toughie}, {strong-armer}]
       2: metal covering leading to a vent that exhausts smoke or
          fumes [syn: {exhaust hood}]
       3: the folding roof of a carriage
       4: a headdress that protects the head and face
       5: protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers
          the engine; "there are powerful engines under the hoods of
          new cars"; "the mechanic removed the cowling in order to
          repair the plane's engine" [syn: {bonnet}, {cowl}, {cowling}]
       v : cover with a hood; "The bandits were hooded"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  225 Moby Thesaurus words for "hood":
     Mafioso, SOB, Young Turk, apply to, bad boy, bastard, battler,
     beast, beldam, belligerent, belted knight, berserk, berserker,
     bickerer, blade, blanket, block, bomber, bonnet, booger, boot,
     bravo, brawler, breech, bruiser, brute, buffoon, bugger, bully,
     bullyboy, canopy, cap, ceil, cloak, clothe, cloud, coat, coif,
     combatant, competitor, contender, contestant, cope, cork, cover,
     cover up, coverage, covering, covert, coverture, cowl, cowling,
     creep, crown, curtain, cutup, demon, devil, disputant, dome,
     dragon, drape, drapery, duelist, eclipse, elf, enfant terrible,
     enforcer, fart, fencer, feuder, fiend, fighter, fighting cock,
     film, fire-eater, firebrand, foilsman, frock, funmaker, fury,
     gamecock, gladiator, goon, gorilla, gown, guise, gun, gunsel,
     hanging, hardnose, hat, hatchet man, heel, hell-raiser, hellcat,
     hellhound, hellion, holy terror, hoodlum, hooligan, hothead,
     hotspur, housing, imp, incendiary, jacket, jerk, joker, jokester,
     jouster, killer, knave, knight, lay on, lay over, little devil,
     little monkey, little rascal, louse, mad dog, madcap, mantle, mask,
     meanie, militant, minx, mischief, mischief-maker, monster, mother,
     muffle, mug, mugger, muscle man, obduce, obscure, occult, overlay,
     overspread, pall, pill, pixie, plug-ugly, practical joker,
     prankster, puck, put on, quarreler, rapist, rapscallion, rascal,
     rat, revolutionary, rioter, rival, rodman, rogue, roof, roof in,
     rough, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, sabreur, savage, scamp,
     scapegrace, scrapper, screen, scuffler, scum, she-wolf, shelter,
     shield, shirt, shit, shithead, shitheel, shoe, shroud, sock,
     spitfire, spread over, squabbler, stinkard, stinker, stocking,
     stopper, strong arm, strong-arm man, strong-armer, struggler,
     superimpose, superpose, swashbuckler, sword, swordplayer,
     swordsman, termagant, terror, terrorist, thug, tiger, tigress,
     tilter, tip, top, torpedo, tough, tough guy, trigger man, turd,
     tussler, ugly customer, veil, vestment, violent, virago, vixen,
     wag, wild beast, witch, wolf, wrangler
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  HOOD
       
          Hierarchical Object Oriented Design: a method for
          Architectural Design primarily for software to be developed in
          Ada, leading to automated checking, documentation and source
          code generation.
       
       

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Hood
     (Heb. tsaniph) a tiara round the head (Isa. 3:23; R.V., pl.,
     "turbans"). Rendered "diadem," Job 29:14; high priest's "mitre,"
     Zech. 3:5; "royal diadem," Isa. 62:3.
     

From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:

  Hood -- U.S. County in Texas
     Population (2000):    41100
     Housing Units (2000): 19105
     Land area (2000):     421.610596 sq. miles (1091.966384 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    15.189512 sq. miles (39.340655 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    436.800108 sq. miles (1131.307039 sq. km)
     Located within:       Texas (TX), FIPS 48
     Location:             32.432285 N, 97.796232 W
     Headwords:
      Hood
      Hood, TX
      Hood County
      Hood County, TX