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HOOD, .a covering for the See also:

head. The word is in O. Eng. hod, cognate with Dutch hoed and Ger. Hut, See also:

hat, both masculine;" hood " and " hat " are distantly related; they may be connected with the feminine hoed or Hut, meaning See also:

charge, care, Eng. " heed." Some See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form of hood as a loose covering easily See also:

DRAWN

drawn on or off the head has formed a natural See also:

PART

part of outdoor See also:

costume both for men and See also:

WOMEN

women at all times and in all quarters of the globe where See also:

CLIMATIC

climatic conditions called for it. In the See also:

MIDDLE

middle ages and later both men and women are found wearing it, but with men it tended to be superseded by the hat before it became merely an occasional and additional head-covering in See also:

time of See also:

BAD, BCD

bad See also:

WEATHER (O. Eng. weder; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Du. weder, Dan. veir, Icel. ve8r, and Ger. Wetter and Gewitter, storm; the root is wa- to blow, from which is derived " wind ")

weather or in particularly rigorous climates. For illustrations and examples of the hood as worn by men and women in See also:

MEDIEVAL

medieval and later times see the See also:

ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article COSTUME; for the hood or See also:

COWL (through Fr. coule, from Lat. cucullus or cuculla, a covering; the word is found in various forms in most European languages, cf. Ger. Kugel or Kigel, Dutch kovel, Irish cochal or cochull ; the ultimate origin may be the root kal, found in Lat. clam,

cowl as part of the See also:

DRESS (from the Fr. dresser, to set out, arrange, formed from Lat. directus, arranged, dirigere, to direct, arrange)

dress of a religious see Cowl., and as forming a distinctive See also:

mark of degree in See also:

ACADEMIC

academic costume see See also:

ROBES (Fr. robe, Late Lat. roba, raupa, meaning (1)

ROBES. The word is applied to many See also:

OBJECTS

objects resembling a hood in See also:

FUNCTION

function or shape, such as a folding See also:

COVER (from the Fr. convert, from couvrir, to cover, Lat. cooperire)

cover for a See also:

CARRIAGE

carriage to protect the occupants from See also:

RAIN (O.E. regn; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Regen, Swed. and Dan. regn; it has been connected with Lat. rigare, to wet, Gr. 13pixeav)

rain or See also:

wind, the belled covering for the head of a See also:

HAWK (O. Eng. hafoc or heafoc, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch havik, Ger. Habicht; the root is hab-, haf-, to hold, cf. Lat. accipiter, from capere)

hawk trained for See also:

FALCONRY (Fr. fauconnerie, from Late Lat. falco, falcon)

falconry, the endmost planks in a See also:

SHIP

ship's bottom at See also:

BOW (pronounced " bo ")

bow or stern, and, in See also:

BOTANY (from Gr. l3or6v17, plant; ,66vicety, to graze)

botany and See also:

ZOOLOGY (from Gr. Nov, a living thing, and ?byos, theory)

zoology, certain parts of a See also:

flower or of the See also:

NECK (O. Eng. hnecca; the word appears in many Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch ride, Ger. Nacken; in O. E. the common word was heals; cf. Ger. Hals)

neck of an See also:

animal which in arrangement of structure or of See also:

COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour recall this article of dress. In See also:

ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture a " hood-See also:

MOULD

mould " is a projecting moulding carried outside the See also:

arch of a See also:

DOOR (corresponding to the Gr. Bbpa,. Lat. fores or valvae; the English word, with other forms common in allied languages, comes from the same Indo-European stem as the Gr. Obpa and Lat. fares)

door or window; it is weathered underneath, and when continued horizontally is better known as a See also:

DRIPSTONE

dripstone. The ends of the hood-mould are generally stopped on a See also:

CORBEL (Lat. corbellus, a diminutive of corvus, a raven, on account of the beak-like appearance; Ital. mensola, Fr. corbeau, cul-de-lampe, Ger. Kragstein)

corbel, See also:

PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain or carved with heads in See also:

EUROPEAN

European churches, but in those of central See also:

SYRIA

Syria terminating in scrolls. Although in its origin the See also:

OBJECT

object of the projecting and weathered hood-mould was to protect the See also:

FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face of the See also:

wall below from rain, it gives more importance to, and emphasizes, the arch-moulds, so that it is often employed decoratively inside churches. The suffix " -hood," like the cognate " -head," was originally a substantive meaning See also:

RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank, status or quality, and was constantly used in See also:

COMBINATION (Lat. combinare, to combine)

combination with other substantives; cf. in O.

Eng. cild-hod, See also:

child-hood; later it ceased to be used separately and became a See also:

mere suffix denoting See also:

CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition added to adjectives; cf. " falsehood," as well as to substantives.

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