hoodn.[OE. hood, hod, AS. hd; akin to D. hoed hat, G. hut, OHG. huot, also to E. hat, and prob. to E. heed. 13.]1. State; condition.()How could thou ween, through that disguised hood
To hide thy state from being understood? (Spenser.)2. (Falconry) A covering or garment for the head or the head and shoulders, often attached to the body garment()3. (Ord.) Anything resembling a hood in form or use()4. (Shipbuilding) The endmost plank of a strake which reaches the stem or stern.()()v. t.1. To cover with a hood; to furnish with a hood or hood-shaped appendage.()The friar hooded, and the monarch crowned. (Pope.)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.)Hooding end (Shipbuilding), the end of a hood where it enters the rabbet in the stem post or stern post.()n.[shortened from hoodlum.]1. Same as hoodlum.()[shortened from neighborhood.]2. Same as neighborhood.()