| • | State; condition. | 
											
															| • | A covering or garment for the head or the head and shoulders,
   often attached to the body garment | 
											
															| • | A soft covering for the head, worn by women, which leaves
   only the face exposed. | 
											
															| • | A part of a monk's outer garment, with which he covers his
   head; a cowl. | 
											
															| • | A like appendage to a cloak or loose overcoat, that may be
   drawn up over the head at pleasure. | 
											
															| • | An ornamental fold at the back of an academic gown or
   ecclesiastical vestment; as, a master's hood. | 
											
															| • | A covering for a horse's head. | 
											
															| • | A covering for a hawk's head and eyes. See Illust. of Falcon. | 
											
															| • | Anything resembling a hood in form or use | 
											
															| • | The top or head of a carriage. | 
											
															| • | A chimney top, often contrived to secure a constant draught
   by turning with the wind. | 
											
															| • | A projecting cover above a hearth, forming the upper part of
   the fireplace, and confining the smoke to the flue. | 
											
															| • | The top of a pump. | 
											
															| • | A covering for a mortar. | 
											
															| • | The hood-shaped upper petal of some flowers, as of monkshood;
   -- called also helmet. | 
											
															| • | A covering or porch for a companion hatch. | 
											
															| • | The endmost plank of a strake which reaches the stem or
   stern. | 
											
															| • | To cover with a hood; to furnish with a hood or
   hood-shaped appendage. | 
											
															| • | To cover; to hide; to blind. |