Available Definitions:
1) n. - State; condition.
2) n. - A covering or garment for the head or the head and shoulders, often attached to the body garment
3) n. - A soft covering for the head, worn by women, which leaves only the face exposed.
4) n. - A part of a monk's outer garment, with which he covers his head; a cowl.
5) n. - A like appendage to a cloak or loose overcoat, that may be drawn up over the head at pleasure.
6) n. - An ornamental fold at the back of an academic gown or ecclesiastical vestment; as, a master's hood.
7) n. - A covering for a horse's head.
8) n. - A covering for a hawk's head and eyes. See Illust . of Falcon.
9) n. - Anything resembling a hood in form or use
10) n. - The top or head of a carriage.
11) n. - A chimney top, often contrived to secure a constant draught by turning with the wind.
12) n. - A projecting cover above a hearth, forming the upper part of the fireplace, and confining the smoke to the flue.
13) n. - The top of a pump.
14) n. - A covering for a mortar.
15) n. - The hood-shaped upper petal of some flowers, as of monkshood; -- called also helmet.
16) n. - A covering or porch for a companion hatch.
17) n. - The endmost plank of a strake which reaches the stem or stern.
18) v. t. - To cover with a hood; to furnish with a hood or hood-shaped appendage.
19) v. t. - To cover; to hide; to blind.