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hood¹

(hd)

1. A loose pliable covering for the head and neck, often attached to a robe or jacket.

2. An ornamental draping of cloth hung from the shoulders of an academic or ecclesiastical robe.

3. A sack placed over the head of a falcon to keep it quiet.

a. A metal cover or cowl for a hearth or stove.

b. A carriage top.

c. The hinged metal lid over the engine of a motor vehicle.

5. Zoology A colored marking or an expanded part, such as a crest, on or near the head of an animal.

tr.v. hood·ed, hood·ing, hoods

To supply or cover with a hood.

[Middle English hod, from Old English hōd.]

hood²

(hd)

n.
Slang

1. A hoodlum; a thug.

2. A rowdy or violent young person.

[Short for HOODLUM.]

hood³ or 'hood

(hd)

n.
Slang

A neighborhood, usually in the inner city.

[African American Vernacular English, short for NEIGHBORHOOD.]

'hood

(hd)

n.
Slang

Variant of hood³.

-hood

suff.

a. Condition; state; quality: manhood.

b. An instance of a specified state or quality: falsehood.

2. A group sharing a specified state or quality: sisterhood.

[Middle English -hed, -hode, from Old English *-hǣdu, -hād.]

Hood, Thomas 1799-1845.

British poet and editor who wrote comic and topical verse, including "The Dream of Eugene Aram" (1829) and "The Song of the Shirt" (1843).

Hood, Mount

A volcanic peak, 3,426 m (11,239 ft) high, in the Cascade Range of northwest Oregon. It is the highest elevation in the state.

Hood

(hd), John Bell 1831-1879.

American Confederate army officer who conducted the defense of Atlanta against Union troops led by General William T. Sherman (1864) and was defeated at Nashville later that year.

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