HOOD. [Latin fraternitas.] HOOD, noun 1. A covering for the head used by females, and deeper than a bonnet. 2. A covering for the head and shoulders used by monks; a cowl. 3. A covering for a hawk's head or eyes; used in falconry. 4. Any thing to be drawn over the head to cover it. 5. An ornamental fold that hangs down the back of a graduate to mark his degree. 6. A low wooden porch over the ladder which leads to the steerage of a ship; the upper part of a galley-chimney; the cover of a pump. HOOD, verb transitive To dress in a hood or cowl; to put on a hood The friar hooded, and the monarch crowned. 1. To cover; to blind. I'll hood my eyes. 2. To cover. And hood the flames.
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