| slovo | definícia |
-hood
(gcide) | -hood \-hood\ [OE. hod, had, hed, hede, etc., person, rank,
order, condition, AS. h[=a]d; akin to OS. h[=e]d, OHG. heit,
G. -heit, D. -heid, Goth. haidus manner; cf. Skr. k[=e]tu
brightness, cit to appear, be noticeable, notice. [root]217.
Cf. -head.]
A termination denoting state, condition, quality, character,
totality, as in manhood, childhood, knighthood, brotherhood.
Sometimes it is written, chiefly in obsolete words, in the
form -head.
[1913 Webster] |
Hood
(gcide) | Hood \Hood\, n. [OE. hood, hod, AS. h[=o]d; akin to D. hoed hat,
G. hut, OHG. huot, also to E. hat, and prob. to E. heed.
[root]13.]
1. State; condition. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
How could thou ween, through that disguised hood
To hide thy state from being understood? --Spenser.
[1913 Webster]
2. A covering or garment for the head or the head and
shoulders, often attached to the body garment; especially:
(a) A soft covering for the head, worn by women, which
leaves only the face exposed.
(b) A part of a monk's outer garment, with which he covers
his head; a cowl. "All hoods make not monks." --Shak.
(c) A like appendage to a cloak or loose overcoat, that
may be drawn up over the head at pleasure.
(d) An ornamental fold at the back of an academic gown or
ecclesiastical vestment; as, a master's hood.
(e) A covering for a horse's head.
(f) (Falconry) A covering for a hawk's head and eyes. See
Illust. of Falcon.
[1913 Webster]
3. Anything resembling a hood in form or use; as:
(a) The top or head of a carriage.
(b) A chimney top, often contrived to secure a constant
draught by turning with the wind.
(c) A projecting cover above a hearth, forming the upper
part of the fireplace, and confining the smoke to the
flue.
(d) The top of a pump.
(e) (Ord.) A covering for a mortar.
(f) (Bot.) The hood-shaped upper petal of some flowers, as
of monkshood; -- called also helmet. --Gray.
(g) (Naut.) A covering or porch for a companion hatch.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Shipbuilding) The endmost plank of a strake which reaches
the stem or stern.
[1913 Webster] |
Hood
(gcide) | Hood \Hood\ (h[oo^]d), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hooded; p. pr. &
vb. n. Hooding.]
1. To cover with a hood; to furnish with a hood or
hood-shaped appendage.
[1913 Webster]
The friar hooded, and the monarch crowned. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]
2. To cover; to hide; to blind.
[1913 Webster]
While grace is saying, I'll hood mine eyes
Thus with my hat, and sigh and say, "Amen." --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
Hooding end (Shipbuilding), the end of a hood where it
enters the rabbet in the stem post or stern post.
[1913 Webster] |
hood
(gcide) | Hoodlum \Hood"lum\, n.
A young rowdy; a rough, lawless fellow; colloquially, called
also hood. [Colloq. U.S.]
[1913 Webster]
Just tell your hoodlum friends outside
You ain't got time to take no ride. --Yakety-Yak (Song)
[PJC] |
Hood
(gcide) | Hood \Hood\, n.
1. [shortened from hoodlum.] Same as hoodlum. [Colloq.]
[PJC]
2. [shortened from neighborhood.] Same as neighborhood.
[slang]
[PJC] |
hood
(gcide) | Bonnet \Bon"net\ (b[o^]n"n[e^]t), n. [OE. bonet, OF. bonet,
bonete. F. bonnet fr. LL. bonneta, bonetum; orig. the name of
a stuff, and of unknown origin.]
1. A headdress for men and boys; a cap. [Obs.] --Milton.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. A soft, elastic, very durable cap, made of thick, seamless
woolen stuff, and worn by men in Scotland.
[1913 Webster]
And plaids and bonnets waving high. --Sir W.
Scott.
[1913 Webster]
3. A covering for the head, worn by women, usually protecting
more or less the back and sides of the head, but no part
of the forehead. The shape of the bonnet varies greatly at
different times; formerly the front part projected, and
spread outward, like the mouth of a funnel.
[1913 Webster]
4. Anything resembling a bonnet in shape or use; as,
(a) (Fort.) A small defense work at a salient angle; or a
part of a parapet elevated to screen the other part
from enfilade fire.
(b) A metallic canopy, or projection, over an opening, as
a fireplace, or a cowl or hood to increase the draught
of a chimney, etc.
(c) A frame of wire netting over a locomotive chimney, to
prevent escape of sparks.
(d) A roofing over the cage of a mine, to protect its
occupants from objects falling down the shaft.
(e) In pumps, a metal covering for the openings in the
valve chambers.
[1913 Webster]
5. (Naut.) An additional piece of canvas laced to the foot of
a jib or foresail in moderate winds. --Hakluyt.
[1913 Webster]
6. The second stomach of a ruminating animal.
[1913 Webster]
7. An accomplice of a gambler, auctioneer, etc., who entices
others to bet or to bid; a decoy. [Cant]
[1913 Webster]
8. (Automobiles) The metal cover or shield over the motor;
predominantly British usage. In the U.S. it is called the
hood. [Brit.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Bonnet limpet (Zool.), a name given, from their shape, to
various species of shells (family Calyptr[ae]id[ae]).
Bonnet monkey (Zool.), an East Indian monkey ({Macacus
sinicus}), with a tuft of hair on its head; the munga.
Bonnet piece, a gold coin of the time of James V. of
Scotland, the king's head on which wears a bonnet. --Sir
W. Scott.
To have a bee in the bonnet. See under Bee.
Black bonnet. See under Black.
Blue bonnet. See in the Vocabulary.
[1913 Webster] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
falsehood
(mass) | falsehood
- falošnosť, falošnosť, lož, nepravdivosť |
neighborhood
(mass) | neighborhood
- okolie, susedstvo |
neighborhoods
(mass) | neighborhoods
- susedstvá |
neighbourhood
(mass) | neighbourhood
- susedstvo |
priesthood
(mass) | priesthood
- kňažstvo |
purple-hooded orchis
(encz) | purple-hooded orchis, n: |
Angelhood
(gcide) | Angelhood \An"gel*hood\, n.
The state of being an angel; angelic nature. --Mrs. Browning.
[1913 Webster] Angelic |
Apehood
(gcide) | Apehood \Ape"hood\, n.
The state of being an ape.
[1913 Webster] |
Apprenticehood
(gcide) | Apprenticehood \Ap*pren"tice*hood\, n.
Apprenticeship. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster] |
Babehood
(gcide) | Babehood \Babe"hood\, n.
Babyhood. [R.] --Udall.
[1913 Webster] |
Babyhood
(gcide) | Babyhood \Ba"by*hood\, n.
The state or period of infancy.
[1913 Webster] |
Bachelorhood
(gcide) | Bachelorhood \Bach"e*lor*hood\ (-h[oo^]d), n.
The state or condition of being a bachelor; bachelorship.
[1913 Webster] |
Beasthood
(gcide) | Beasthood \Beast"hood\, n.
State or nature of a beast.
[1913 Webster] |
Beggarhood
(gcide) | Beggarhood \Beg"gar*hood\, n.
The condition of being a beggar; also, the class of beggars.
[1913 Webster] |
Bountyhood
(gcide) | Bountihead \Boun"ti*head\, Bountyhood \Boun"ty*hood\, n.
Goodness; generosity. [Obs.] --Spenser.
[1913 Webster] |
Boyhood
(gcide) | Boyhood \Boy"hood\, n. [Boy + -hood.]
The state of being a boy; the time during which one is a boy.
--Hood.
[1913 Webster] |
Brotherhood
(gcide) | Brotherhood \Broth"er*hood\, n. [Brother + -hood.]
1. The state of being brothers or a brother.
[1913 Webster]
2. An association for any purpose, as a society of monks; a
fraternity.
[1913 Webster]
3. The whole body of persons engaged in the same business, --
especially those of the same profession; as, the legal or
medical brotherhood.
[1913 Webster]
4. Persons, and, poetically, things, of a like kind.
[1913 Webster]
A brotherhood of venerable trees. --Wordsworth.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Fraternity; association; fellowship; sodality.
[1913 Webster] |
Childhood
(gcide) | Childhood \Child"hood\ (ch[imac]ld"h[oo^]d), n. [AS. cildh[=a]d;
cild child + -h[=a]d. See Child, and -hood.]
1. The state of being a child; the time in which persons are
children; the condition or time from infancy to puberty.
[1913 Webster]
I have walked before you from my childhood. --1.
Sam. xii. 2.
[1913 Webster]
2. Children, taken collectively. [R.]
[1913 Webster]
The well-governed childhood of this realm. --Sir. W.
Scott.
[1913 Webster]
3. The commencement; the first period.
[1913 Webster]
The childhood of our joy. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
Second childhood, the state of being feeble and incapable
from old age.
[1913 Webster] |
Cipherhood
(gcide) | Cipherhood \Ci"pher*hood\, n.
Nothingness. [R.] --Goodwin.
[1913 Webster] |
Common because of neighborhood
(gcide) | Common \Com"mon\, n.
1. The people; the community. [Obs.] "The weal o' the
common." --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. An inclosed or uninclosed tract of ground for pleasure,
for pasturage, etc., the use of which belongs to the
public; or to a number of persons.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Law) The right of taking a profit in the land of another,
in common either with the owner or with other persons; --
so called from the community of interest which arises
between the claimant of the right and the owner of the
soil, or between the claimants and other commoners
entitled to the same right.
[1913 Webster]
Common appendant, a right belonging to the owners or
occupiers of arable land to put commonable beasts upon the
waste land in the manor where they dwell.
Common appurtenant, a similar right applying to lands in
other manors, or extending to other beasts, besides those
which are generally commonable, as hogs.
Common because of vicinage or {Common because of
neighborhood}, the right of the inhabitants of each of two
townships, lying contiguous to each other, which have
usually intercommoned with one another, to let their
beasts stray into the other's fields. -
Common in gross or Common at large, a common annexed to a
man's person, being granted to him and his heirs by deed;
or it may be claimed by prescriptive right, as by a parson
of a church or other corporation sole. --Blackstone.
Common of estovers, the right of taking wood from another's
estate.
Common of pasture, the right of feeding beasts on the land
of another. --Burill.
Common of piscary, the right of fishing in waters belonging
to another.
Common of turbary, the right of digging turf upon the
ground of another.
[1913 Webster] |
Cousinhood
(gcide) | Cousinhood \Cous"in*hood\ (-h??d), n.
The state or condition of a cousin; also, the collective body
of cousins; kinsfolk.
[1913 Webster] |
Cubhood
(gcide) | Cubhood \Cub"hood\ (k?b"h??d), n.
The state of being a cub. [Jocose] "From cubhood to old age."
--W. B. Dawkins.
[1913 Webster] Cubic |
Deaconhood
(gcide) | Deaconhood \Dea"con*hood\, n.
The state of being a deacon; office of a deacon; deaconship.
[1913 Webster] |
Deadlihood
(gcide) | Deadlihood \Dead"li*hood\, n.
State of the dead. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster] |
dislikelihood
(gcide) | dislikelihood \dis*like"li*hood\, n.
The want of likelihood; improbability. --Sir W. Scott.
[1913 Webster] |
Drearihood
(gcide) | Drearihead \Drear"i*head\ (dr[=e]r"[i^]*h[e^]d), Drearihood
\Drear"i*hood\ (dr[=e]r"[i^]*h[oo^]d), n.
Affliction; dreariness. [Obs.] --Spenser.
[1913 Webster] |
Fairhood
(gcide) | Fairhood \Fair"hood\, n.
Fairness; beauty. [Obs.] --Foxe.
[1913 Webster] |
Falsehood
(gcide) | Falsehood \False"hood\, n. [False + -hood]
1. Want of truth or accuracy; an untrue assertion or
representation; error; misrepresentation; falsity.
[1913 Webster]
Though it be a lie in the clock, it is but a
falsehood in the hand of the dial when pointing at a
wrong hour, if rightly following the direction of
the wheel which moveth it. --Fuller.
[1913 Webster]
2. A deliberate intentional assertion of what is known to be
untrue; a departure from moral integrity; a lie.
[1913 Webster]
3. Treachery; deceit; perfidy; unfaithfulness.
[1913 Webster]
Betrayed by falsehood of his guard. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
4. A counterfeit; a false appearance; an imposture.
[1913 Webster]
For his molten image is falsehood. --Jer. x. 14.
[1913 Webster]
No falsehood can endure
Touch of celestial temper. --Milton.
Syn: Falsity; lie; untruth; fiction; fabrication. See
Falsity.
[1913 Webster] |
Fatherhood
(gcide) | Fatherhood \Fa"ther*hood\, n.
The state of being a father; the character or authority of a
father; paternity.
[1913 Webster] |
Fleshhood
(gcide) | Fleshhood \Flesh"hood\, n.
The state or condition of having a form of flesh;
incarnation. [R.]
[1913 Webster]
Thou, who hast thyself
Endured this fleshhood. --Mrs.
Browning.
[1913 Webster] |
Foehood
(gcide) | Foehood \Foe"hood\, n.
Enmity. --Bp. Bedell.
[1913 Webster] |
Foolhardihood
(gcide) | Foolhardihood \Fool"har`di*hood\, n.
The state of being foolhardy; foolhardiness.
[1913 Webster] |
Gentlemanhood
(gcide) | Gentlemanhood \Gen"tle*man*hood\, n.
The qualities or condition of a gentleman. [R.] --Thackeray.
Gentlemanlike |
Girlhood
(gcide) | Girlhood \Girl"hood\, n.
State or time of being a girl.
[1913 Webster] |
Godhood
(gcide) | Godhood \God"hood\, n. [God + -hood. Cf. Godhead.]
Divine nature or essence; deity; godhead.
[1913 Webster] |
Goodlyhood
(gcide) | Goodlyhead \Good"ly*head\, Goodlyhood \Good"ly*hood\n.
Goodness; grace; goodliness. [Obs.] --Spenser.
[1913 Webster] |
Greenhood
(gcide) | Greenhead \Green"head\, Greenhood \Green"hood\, n.
A state of greenness; verdancy. --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster] |
Hardihood
(gcide) | Hardihood \Har"di*hood\ (h[aum]r"d[i^]*h[oo^]d), n. [Hardy +
-hood.]
Boldness, united with firmness and constancy of mind;
bravery; intrepidity; also, audaciousness; impudence.
[1913 Webster]
A bound of graceful hardihood. --Wordsworth.
[1913 Webster]
It is the society of numbers which gives hardihood to
iniquity. --Buckminster.
Syn: Intrepidity; courage; pluck; resolution; stoutness;
audacity; effrontery; impudence.
[1913 Webster] |
High-priesthood
(gcide) | High-priesthood \High"-priest`hood\, n.
The office, dignity, or position of a high priest.
[1913 Webster] |
Hoidenhood
(gcide) | Hoidenhood \Hoi"den*hood\, n.
State of being a hoiden.
[1913 Webster] |
Hood
(gcide) | -hood \-hood\ [OE. hod, had, hed, hede, etc., person, rank,
order, condition, AS. h[=a]d; akin to OS. h[=e]d, OHG. heit,
G. -heit, D. -heid, Goth. haidus manner; cf. Skr. k[=e]tu
brightness, cit to appear, be noticeable, notice. [root]217.
Cf. -head.]
A termination denoting state, condition, quality, character,
totality, as in manhood, childhood, knighthood, brotherhood.
Sometimes it is written, chiefly in obsolete words, in the
form -head.
[1913 Webster]Hood \Hood\, n. [OE. hood, hod, AS. h[=o]d; akin to D. hoed hat,
G. hut, OHG. huot, also to E. hat, and prob. to E. heed.
[root]13.]
1. State; condition. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
How could thou ween, through that disguised hood
To hide thy state from being understood? --Spenser.
[1913 Webster]
2. A covering or garment for the head or the head and
shoulders, often attached to the body garment; especially:
(a) A soft covering for the head, worn by women, which
leaves only the face exposed.
(b) A part of a monk's outer garment, with which he covers
his head; a cowl. "All hoods make not monks." --Shak.
(c) A like appendage to a cloak or loose overcoat, that
may be drawn up over the head at pleasure.
(d) An ornamental fold at the back of an academic gown or
ecclesiastical vestment; as, a master's hood.
(e) A covering for a horse's head.
(f) (Falconry) A covering for a hawk's head and eyes. See
Illust. of Falcon.
[1913 Webster]
3. Anything resembling a hood in form or use; as:
(a) The top or head of a carriage.
(b) A chimney top, often contrived to secure a constant
draught by turning with the wind.
(c) A projecting cover above a hearth, forming the upper
part of the fireplace, and confining the smoke to the
flue.
(d) The top of a pump.
(e) (Ord.) A covering for a mortar.
(f) (Bot.) The hood-shaped upper petal of some flowers, as
of monkshood; -- called also helmet. --Gray.
(g) (Naut.) A covering or porch for a companion hatch.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Shipbuilding) The endmost plank of a strake which reaches
the stem or stern.
[1913 Webster]Hood \Hood\ (h[oo^]d), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hooded; p. pr. &
vb. n. Hooding.]
1. To cover with a hood; to furnish with a hood or
hood-shaped appendage.
[1913 Webster]
The friar hooded, and the monarch crowned. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]
2. To cover; to hide; to blind.
[1913 Webster]
While grace is saying, I'll hood mine eyes
Thus with my hat, and sigh and say, "Amen." --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
Hooding end (Shipbuilding), the end of a hood where it
enters the rabbet in the stem post or stern post.
[1913 Webster]Hoodlum \Hood"lum\, n.
A young rowdy; a rough, lawless fellow; colloquially, called
also hood. [Colloq. U.S.]
[1913 Webster]
Just tell your hoodlum friends outside
You ain't got time to take no ride. --Yakety-Yak (Song)
[PJC]Hood \Hood\, n.
1. [shortened from hoodlum.] Same as hoodlum. [Colloq.]
[PJC]
2. [shortened from neighborhood.] Same as neighborhood.
[slang]
[PJC]Bonnet \Bon"net\ (b[o^]n"n[e^]t), n. [OE. bonet, OF. bonet,
bonete. F. bonnet fr. LL. bonneta, bonetum; orig. the name of
a stuff, and of unknown origin.]
1. A headdress for men and boys; a cap. [Obs.] --Milton.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. A soft, elastic, very durable cap, made of thick, seamless
woolen stuff, and worn by men in Scotland.
[1913 Webster]
And plaids and bonnets waving high. --Sir W.
Scott.
[1913 Webster]
3. A covering for the head, worn by women, usually protecting
more or less the back and sides of the head, but no part
of the forehead. The shape of the bonnet varies greatly at
different times; formerly the front part projected, and
spread outward, like the mouth of a funnel.
[1913 Webster]
4. Anything resembling a bonnet in shape or use; as,
(a) (Fort.) A small defense work at a salient angle; or a
part of a parapet elevated to screen the other part
from enfilade fire.
(b) A metallic canopy, or projection, over an opening, as
a fireplace, or a cowl or hood to increase the draught
of a chimney, etc.
(c) A frame of wire netting over a locomotive chimney, to
prevent escape of sparks.
(d) A roofing over the cage of a mine, to protect its
occupants from objects falling down the shaft.
(e) In pumps, a metal covering for the openings in the
valve chambers.
[1913 Webster]
5. (Naut.) An additional piece of canvas laced to the foot of
a jib or foresail in moderate winds. --Hakluyt.
[1913 Webster]
6. The second stomach of a ruminating animal.
[1913 Webster]
7. An accomplice of a gambler, auctioneer, etc., who entices
others to bet or to bid; a decoy. [Cant]
[1913 Webster]
8. (Automobiles) The metal cover or shield over the motor;
predominantly British usage. In the U.S. it is called the
hood. [Brit.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Bonnet limpet (Zool.), a name given, from their shape, to
various species of shells (family Calyptr[ae]id[ae]).
Bonnet monkey (Zool.), an East Indian monkey ({Macacus
sinicus}), with a tuft of hair on its head; the munga.
Bonnet piece, a gold coin of the time of James V. of
Scotland, the king's head on which wears a bonnet. --Sir
W. Scott.
To have a bee in the bonnet. See under Bee.
Black bonnet. See under Black.
Blue bonnet. See in the Vocabulary.
[1913 Webster] |
hood
(gcide) | -hood \-hood\ [OE. hod, had, hed, hede, etc., person, rank,
order, condition, AS. h[=a]d; akin to OS. h[=e]d, OHG. heit,
G. -heit, D. -heid, Goth. haidus manner; cf. Skr. k[=e]tu
brightness, cit to appear, be noticeable, notice. [root]217.
Cf. -head.]
A termination denoting state, condition, quality, character,
totality, as in manhood, childhood, knighthood, brotherhood.
Sometimes it is written, chiefly in obsolete words, in the
form -head.
[1913 Webster]Hood \Hood\, n. [OE. hood, hod, AS. h[=o]d; akin to D. hoed hat,
G. hut, OHG. huot, also to E. hat, and prob. to E. heed.
[root]13.]
1. State; condition. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
How could thou ween, through that disguised hood
To hide thy state from being understood? --Spenser.
[1913 Webster]
2. A covering or garment for the head or the head and
shoulders, often attached to the body garment; especially:
(a) A soft covering for the head, worn by women, which
leaves only the face exposed.
(b) A part of a monk's outer garment, with which he covers
his head; a cowl. "All hoods make not monks." --Shak.
(c) A like appendage to a cloak or loose overcoat, that
may be drawn up over the head at pleasure.
(d) An ornamental fold at the back of an academic gown or
ecclesiastical vestment; as, a master's hood.
(e) A covering for a horse's head.
(f) (Falconry) A covering for a hawk's head and eyes. See
Illust. of Falcon.
[1913 Webster]
3. Anything resembling a hood in form or use; as:
(a) The top or head of a carriage.
(b) A chimney top, often contrived to secure a constant
draught by turning with the wind.
(c) A projecting cover above a hearth, forming the upper
part of the fireplace, and confining the smoke to the
flue.
(d) The top of a pump.
(e) (Ord.) A covering for a mortar.
(f) (Bot.) The hood-shaped upper petal of some flowers, as
of monkshood; -- called also helmet. --Gray.
(g) (Naut.) A covering or porch for a companion hatch.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Shipbuilding) The endmost plank of a strake which reaches
the stem or stern.
[1913 Webster]Hood \Hood\ (h[oo^]d), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hooded; p. pr. &
vb. n. Hooding.]
1. To cover with a hood; to furnish with a hood or
hood-shaped appendage.
[1913 Webster]
The friar hooded, and the monarch crowned. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]
2. To cover; to hide; to blind.
[1913 Webster]
While grace is saying, I'll hood mine eyes
Thus with my hat, and sigh and say, "Amen." --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
Hooding end (Shipbuilding), the end of a hood where it
enters the rabbet in the stem post or stern post.
[1913 Webster]Hoodlum \Hood"lum\, n.
A young rowdy; a rough, lawless fellow; colloquially, called
also hood. [Colloq. U.S.]
[1913 Webster]
Just tell your hoodlum friends outside
You ain't got time to take no ride. --Yakety-Yak (Song)
[PJC]Hood \Hood\, n.
1. [shortened from hoodlum.] Same as hoodlum. [Colloq.]
[PJC]
2. [shortened from neighborhood.] Same as neighborhood.
[slang]
[PJC]Bonnet \Bon"net\ (b[o^]n"n[e^]t), n. [OE. bonet, OF. bonet,
bonete. F. bonnet fr. LL. bonneta, bonetum; orig. the name of
a stuff, and of unknown origin.]
1. A headdress for men and boys; a cap. [Obs.] --Milton.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. A soft, elastic, very durable cap, made of thick, seamless
woolen stuff, and worn by men in Scotland.
[1913 Webster]
And plaids and bonnets waving high. --Sir W.
Scott.
[1913 Webster]
3. A covering for the head, worn by women, usually protecting
more or less the back and sides of the head, but no part
of the forehead. The shape of the bonnet varies greatly at
different times; formerly the front part projected, and
spread outward, like the mouth of a funnel.
[1913 Webster]
4. Anything resembling a bonnet in shape or use; as,
(a) (Fort.) A small defense work at a salient angle; or a
part of a parapet elevated to screen the other part
from enfilade fire.
(b) A metallic canopy, or projection, over an opening, as
a fireplace, or a cowl or hood to increase the draught
of a chimney, etc.
(c) A frame of wire netting over a locomotive chimney, to
prevent escape of sparks.
(d) A roofing over the cage of a mine, to protect its
occupants from objects falling down the shaft.
(e) In pumps, a metal covering for the openings in the
valve chambers.
[1913 Webster]
5. (Naut.) An additional piece of canvas laced to the foot of
a jib or foresail in moderate winds. --Hakluyt.
[1913 Webster]
6. The second stomach of a ruminating animal.
[1913 Webster]
7. An accomplice of a gambler, auctioneer, etc., who entices
others to bet or to bid; a decoy. [Cant]
[1913 Webster]
8. (Automobiles) The metal cover or shield over the motor;
predominantly British usage. In the U.S. it is called the
hood. [Brit.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Bonnet limpet (Zool.), a name given, from their shape, to
various species of shells (family Calyptr[ae]id[ae]).
Bonnet monkey (Zool.), an East Indian monkey ({Macacus
sinicus}), with a tuft of hair on its head; the munga.
Bonnet piece, a gold coin of the time of James V. of
Scotland, the king's head on which wears a bonnet. --Sir
W. Scott.
To have a bee in the bonnet. See under Bee.
Black bonnet. See under Black.
Blue bonnet. See in the Vocabulary.
[1913 Webster] |
Hood
(gcide) | -hood \-hood\ [OE. hod, had, hed, hede, etc., person, rank,
order, condition, AS. h[=a]d; akin to OS. h[=e]d, OHG. heit,
G. -heit, D. -heid, Goth. haidus manner; cf. Skr. k[=e]tu
brightness, cit to appear, be noticeable, notice. [root]217.
Cf. -head.]
A termination denoting state, condition, quality, character,
totality, as in manhood, childhood, knighthood, brotherhood.
Sometimes it is written, chiefly in obsolete words, in the
form -head.
[1913 Webster]Hood \Hood\, n. [OE. hood, hod, AS. h[=o]d; akin to D. hoed hat,
G. hut, OHG. huot, also to E. hat, and prob. to E. heed.
[root]13.]
1. State; condition. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
How could thou ween, through that disguised hood
To hide thy state from being understood? --Spenser.
[1913 Webster]
2. A covering or garment for the head or the head and
shoulders, often attached to the body garment; especially:
(a) A soft covering for the head, worn by women, which
leaves only the face exposed.
(b) A part of a monk's outer garment, with which he covers
his head; a cowl. "All hoods make not monks." --Shak.
(c) A like appendage to a cloak or loose overcoat, that
may be drawn up over the head at pleasure.
(d) An ornamental fold at the back of an academic gown or
ecclesiastical vestment; as, a master's hood.
(e) A covering for a horse's head.
(f) (Falconry) A covering for a hawk's head and eyes. See
Illust. of Falcon.
[1913 Webster]
3. Anything resembling a hood in form or use; as:
(a) The top or head of a carriage.
(b) A chimney top, often contrived to secure a constant
draught by turning with the wind.
(c) A projecting cover above a hearth, forming the upper
part of the fireplace, and confining the smoke to the
flue.
(d) The top of a pump.
(e) (Ord.) A covering for a mortar.
(f) (Bot.) The hood-shaped upper petal of some flowers, as
of monkshood; -- called also helmet. --Gray.
(g) (Naut.) A covering or porch for a companion hatch.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Shipbuilding) The endmost plank of a strake which reaches
the stem or stern.
[1913 Webster]Hood \Hood\ (h[oo^]d), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hooded; p. pr. &
vb. n. Hooding.]
1. To cover with a hood; to furnish with a hood or
hood-shaped appendage.
[1913 Webster]
The friar hooded, and the monarch crowned. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]
2. To cover; to hide; to blind.
[1913 Webster]
While grace is saying, I'll hood mine eyes
Thus with my hat, and sigh and say, "Amen." --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
Hooding end (Shipbuilding), the end of a hood where it
enters the rabbet in the stem post or stern post.
[1913 Webster]Hoodlum \Hood"lum\, n.
A young rowdy; a rough, lawless fellow; colloquially, called
also hood. [Colloq. U.S.]
[1913 Webster]
Just tell your hoodlum friends outside
You ain't got time to take no ride. --Yakety-Yak (Song)
[PJC]Hood \Hood\, n.
1. [shortened from hoodlum.] Same as hoodlum. [Colloq.]
[PJC]
2. [shortened from neighborhood.] Same as neighborhood.
[slang]
[PJC]Bonnet \Bon"net\ (b[o^]n"n[e^]t), n. [OE. bonet, OF. bonet,
bonete. F. bonnet fr. LL. bonneta, bonetum; orig. the name of
a stuff, and of unknown origin.]
1. A headdress for men and boys; a cap. [Obs.] --Milton.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. A soft, elastic, very durable cap, made of thick, seamless
woolen stuff, and worn by men in Scotland.
[1913 Webster]
And plaids and bonnets waving high. --Sir W.
Scott.
[1913 Webster]
3. A covering for the head, worn by women, usually protecting
more or less the back and sides of the head, but no part
of the forehead. The shape of the bonnet varies greatly at
different times; formerly the front part projected, and
spread outward, like the mouth of a funnel.
[1913 Webster]
4. Anything resembling a bonnet in shape or use; as,
(a) (Fort.) A small defense work at a salient angle; or a
part of a parapet elevated to screen the other part
from enfilade fire.
(b) A metallic canopy, or projection, over an opening, as
a fireplace, or a cowl or hood to increase the draught
of a chimney, etc.
(c) A frame of wire netting over a locomotive chimney, to
prevent escape of sparks.
(d) A roofing over the cage of a mine, to protect its
occupants from objects falling down the shaft.
(e) In pumps, a metal covering for the openings in the
valve chambers.
[1913 Webster]
5. (Naut.) An additional piece of canvas laced to the foot of
a jib or foresail in moderate winds. --Hakluyt.
[1913 Webster]
6. The second stomach of a ruminating animal.
[1913 Webster]
7. An accomplice of a gambler, auctioneer, etc., who entices
others to bet or to bid; a decoy. [Cant]
[1913 Webster]
8. (Automobiles) The metal cover or shield over the motor;
predominantly British usage. In the U.S. it is called the
hood. [Brit.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Bonnet limpet (Zool.), a name given, from their shape, to
various species of shells (family Calyptr[ae]id[ae]).
Bonnet monkey (Zool.), an East Indian monkey ({Macacus
sinicus}), with a tuft of hair on its head; the munga.
Bonnet piece, a gold coin of the time of James V. of
Scotland, the king's head on which wears a bonnet. --Sir
W. Scott.
To have a bee in the bonnet. See under Bee.
Black bonnet. See under Black.
Blue bonnet. See in the Vocabulary.
[1913 Webster] |
hood
(gcide) | -hood \-hood\ [OE. hod, had, hed, hede, etc., person, rank,
order, condition, AS. h[=a]d; akin to OS. h[=e]d, OHG. heit,
G. -heit, D. -heid, Goth. haidus manner; cf. Skr. k[=e]tu
brightness, cit to appear, be noticeable, notice. [root]217.
Cf. -head.]
A termination denoting state, condition, quality, character,
totality, as in manhood, childhood, knighthood, brotherhood.
Sometimes it is written, chiefly in obsolete words, in the
form -head.
[1913 Webster]Hood \Hood\, n. [OE. hood, hod, AS. h[=o]d; akin to D. hoed hat,
G. hut, OHG. huot, also to E. hat, and prob. to E. heed.
[root]13.]
1. State; condition. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
How could thou ween, through that disguised hood
To hide thy state from being understood? --Spenser.
[1913 Webster]
2. A covering or garment for the head or the head and
shoulders, often attached to the body garment; especially:
(a) A soft covering for the head, worn by women, which
leaves only the face exposed.
(b) A part of a monk's outer garment, with which he covers
his head; a cowl. "All hoods make not monks." --Shak.
(c) A like appendage to a cloak or loose overcoat, that
may be drawn up over the head at pleasure.
(d) An ornamental fold at the back of an academic gown or
ecclesiastical vestment; as, a master's hood.
(e) A covering for a horse's head.
(f) (Falconry) A covering for a hawk's head and eyes. See
Illust. of Falcon.
[1913 Webster]
3. Anything resembling a hood in form or use; as:
(a) The top or head of a carriage.
(b) A chimney top, often contrived to secure a constant
draught by turning with the wind.
(c) A projecting cover above a hearth, forming the upper
part of the fireplace, and confining the smoke to the
flue.
(d) The top of a pump.
(e) (Ord.) A covering for a mortar.
(f) (Bot.) The hood-shaped upper petal of some flowers, as
of monkshood; -- called also helmet. --Gray.
(g) (Naut.) A covering or porch for a companion hatch.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Shipbuilding) The endmost plank of a strake which reaches
the stem or stern.
[1913 Webster]Hood \Hood\ (h[oo^]d), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hooded; p. pr. &
vb. n. Hooding.]
1. To cover with a hood; to furnish with a hood or
hood-shaped appendage.
[1913 Webster]
The friar hooded, and the monarch crowned. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]
2. To cover; to hide; to blind.
[1913 Webster]
While grace is saying, I'll hood mine eyes
Thus with my hat, and sigh and say, "Amen." --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
Hooding end (Shipbuilding), the end of a hood where it
enters the rabbet in the stem post or stern post.
[1913 Webster]Hoodlum \Hood"lum\, n.
A young rowdy; a rough, lawless fellow; colloquially, called
also hood. [Colloq. U.S.]
[1913 Webster]
Just tell your hoodlum friends outside
You ain't got time to take no ride. --Yakety-Yak (Song)
[PJC]Hood \Hood\, n.
1. [shortened from hoodlum.] Same as hoodlum. [Colloq.]
[PJC]
2. [shortened from neighborhood.] Same as neighborhood.
[slang]
[PJC]Bonnet \Bon"net\ (b[o^]n"n[e^]t), n. [OE. bonet, OF. bonet,
bonete. F. bonnet fr. LL. bonneta, bonetum; orig. the name of
a stuff, and of unknown origin.]
1. A headdress for men and boys; a cap. [Obs.] --Milton.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. A soft, elastic, very durable cap, made of thick, seamless
woolen stuff, and worn by men in Scotland.
[1913 Webster]
And plaids and bonnets waving high. --Sir W.
Scott.
[1913 Webster]
3. A covering for the head, worn by women, usually protecting
more or less the back and sides of the head, but no part
of the forehead. The shape of the bonnet varies greatly at
different times; formerly the front part projected, and
spread outward, like the mouth of a funnel.
[1913 Webster]
4. Anything resembling a bonnet in shape or use; as,
(a) (Fort.) A small defense work at a salient angle; or a
part of a parapet elevated to screen the other part
from enfilade fire.
(b) A metallic canopy, or projection, over an opening, as
a fireplace, or a cowl or hood to increase the draught
of a chimney, etc.
(c) A frame of wire netting over a locomotive chimney, to
prevent escape of sparks.
(d) A roofing over the cage of a mine, to protect its
occupants from objects falling down the shaft.
(e) In pumps, a metal covering for the openings in the
valve chambers.
[1913 Webster]
5. (Naut.) An additional piece of canvas laced to the foot of
a jib or foresail in moderate winds. --Hakluyt.
[1913 Webster]
6. The second stomach of a ruminating animal.
[1913 Webster]
7. An accomplice of a gambler, auctioneer, etc., who entices
others to bet or to bid; a decoy. [Cant]
[1913 Webster]
8. (Automobiles) The metal cover or shield over the motor;
predominantly British usage. In the U.S. it is called the
hood. [Brit.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Bonnet limpet (Zool.), a name given, from their shape, to
various species of shells (family Calyptr[ae]id[ae]).
Bonnet monkey (Zool.), an East Indian monkey ({Macacus
sinicus}), with a tuft of hair on its head; the munga.
Bonnet piece, a gold coin of the time of James V. of
Scotland, the king's head on which wears a bonnet. --Sir
W. Scott.
To have a bee in the bonnet. See under Bee.
Black bonnet. See under Black.
Blue bonnet. See in the Vocabulary.
[1913 Webster] |
hood mold
(gcide) | Hood molding \Hood" mold`ing\ Hood moulding \Hood" mould`ing\
(Arch.)
A projecting molding over the head of an arch, forming the
outermost member of the archivolt; -- called also {hood
mold}.
[1913 Webster] |
Hood molding
(gcide) | Hood molding \Hood" mold`ing\ Hood moulding \Hood" mould`ing\
(Arch.)
A projecting molding over the head of an arch, forming the
outermost member of the archivolt; -- called also {hood
mold}.
[1913 Webster] |
Hood moulding
(gcide) | Hood molding \Hood" mold`ing\ Hood moulding \Hood" mould`ing\
(Arch.)
A projecting molding over the head of an arch, forming the
outermost member of the archivolt; -- called also {hood
mold}.
[1913 Webster] |
Hoodcap
(gcide) | Hoodcap \Hood"cap`\, n.
See Hooded seal, under Hooded.
[1913 Webster]Hooded \Hood"ed\, a.
1. Covered with a hood.
[1913 Webster]
2. Furnished with a hood or something like a hood.
[1913 Webster]
3. Hood-shaped; esp. (Bot.), rolled up like a cornet of
paper; cuculate, as the spethe of the Indian turnip.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Zool.)
(a) Having the head conspicuously different in color from
the rest of the plumage; -- said of birds.
(b) Having a hoodlike crest or prominence on the head or
neck; as, the hooded seal; a hooded snake.
[1913 Webster]
Hooded crow, a European crow (Corvus cornix); -- called
also hoody, dun crow, and royston crow.
Hooded gull, the European black-headed pewit or gull.
Hooded merganser. See Merganser.
Hooded seal, a large North Atlantic seal ({Cystophora
cristata}). The male has a large, inflatible, hoodlike sac
upon the head. Called also hoodcap.
Hooded sheldrake, the hooded merganser. See Merganser.
Hooded snake. See Cobra de capello, Asp, Haje, etc.
Hooded warbler, a small American warbler ({Sylvania
mitrata}).
[1913 Webster] |
hoodcap
(gcide) | Hoodcap \Hood"cap`\, n.
See Hooded seal, under Hooded.
[1913 Webster]Hooded \Hood"ed\, a.
1. Covered with a hood.
[1913 Webster]
2. Furnished with a hood or something like a hood.
[1913 Webster]
3. Hood-shaped; esp. (Bot.), rolled up like a cornet of
paper; cuculate, as the spethe of the Indian turnip.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Zool.)
(a) Having the head conspicuously different in color from
the rest of the plumage; -- said of birds.
(b) Having a hoodlike crest or prominence on the head or
neck; as, the hooded seal; a hooded snake.
[1913 Webster]
Hooded crow, a European crow (Corvus cornix); -- called
also hoody, dun crow, and royston crow.
Hooded gull, the European black-headed pewit or gull.
Hooded merganser. See Merganser.
Hooded seal, a large North Atlantic seal ({Cystophora
cristata}). The male has a large, inflatible, hoodlike sac
upon the head. Called also hoodcap.
Hooded sheldrake, the hooded merganser. See Merganser.
Hooded snake. See Cobra de capello, Asp, Haje, etc.
Hooded warbler, a small American warbler ({Sylvania
mitrata}).
[1913 Webster] |
Hooded
(gcide) | Hooded \Hood"ed\, a.
1. Covered with a hood.
[1913 Webster]
2. Furnished with a hood or something like a hood.
[1913 Webster]
3. Hood-shaped; esp. (Bot.), rolled up like a cornet of
paper; cuculate, as the spethe of the Indian turnip.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Zool.)
(a) Having the head conspicuously different in color from
the rest of the plumage; -- said of birds.
(b) Having a hoodlike crest or prominence on the head or
neck; as, the hooded seal; a hooded snake.
[1913 Webster]
Hooded crow, a European crow (Corvus cornix); -- called
also hoody, dun crow, and royston crow.
Hooded gull, the European black-headed pewit or gull.
Hooded merganser. See Merganser.
Hooded seal, a large North Atlantic seal ({Cystophora
cristata}). The male has a large, inflatible, hoodlike sac
upon the head. Called also hoodcap.
Hooded sheldrake, the hooded merganser. See Merganser.
Hooded snake. See Cobra de capello, Asp, Haje, etc.
Hooded warbler, a small American warbler ({Sylvania
mitrata}).
[1913 Webster]Hood \Hood\ (h[oo^]d), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hooded; p. pr. &
vb. n. Hooding.]
1. To cover with a hood; to furnish with a hood or
hood-shaped appendage.
[1913 Webster]
The friar hooded, and the monarch crowned. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]
2. To cover; to hide; to blind.
[1913 Webster]
While grace is saying, I'll hood mine eyes
Thus with my hat, and sigh and say, "Amen." --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
Hooding end (Shipbuilding), the end of a hood where it
enters the rabbet in the stem post or stern post.
[1913 Webster] |
Hooded crow
(gcide) | Hooded \Hood"ed\, a.
1. Covered with a hood.
[1913 Webster]
2. Furnished with a hood or something like a hood.
[1913 Webster]
3. Hood-shaped; esp. (Bot.), rolled up like a cornet of
paper; cuculate, as the spethe of the Indian turnip.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Zool.)
(a) Having the head conspicuously different in color from
the rest of the plumage; -- said of birds.
(b) Having a hoodlike crest or prominence on the head or
neck; as, the hooded seal; a hooded snake.
[1913 Webster]
Hooded crow, a European crow (Corvus cornix); -- called
also hoody, dun crow, and royston crow.
Hooded gull, the European black-headed pewit or gull.
Hooded merganser. See Merganser.
Hooded seal, a large North Atlantic seal ({Cystophora
cristata}). The male has a large, inflatible, hoodlike sac
upon the head. Called also hoodcap.
Hooded sheldrake, the hooded merganser. See Merganser.
Hooded snake. See Cobra de capello, Asp, Haje, etc.
Hooded warbler, a small American warbler ({Sylvania
mitrata}).
[1913 Webster] |
Hooded gull
(gcide) | Hooded \Hood"ed\, a.
1. Covered with a hood.
[1913 Webster]
2. Furnished with a hood or something like a hood.
[1913 Webster]
3. Hood-shaped; esp. (Bot.), rolled up like a cornet of
paper; cuculate, as the spethe of the Indian turnip.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Zool.)
(a) Having the head conspicuously different in color from
the rest of the plumage; -- said of birds.
(b) Having a hoodlike crest or prominence on the head or
neck; as, the hooded seal; a hooded snake.
[1913 Webster]
Hooded crow, a European crow (Corvus cornix); -- called
also hoody, dun crow, and royston crow.
Hooded gull, the European black-headed pewit or gull.
Hooded merganser. See Merganser.
Hooded seal, a large North Atlantic seal ({Cystophora
cristata}). The male has a large, inflatible, hoodlike sac
upon the head. Called also hoodcap.
Hooded sheldrake, the hooded merganser. See Merganser.
Hooded snake. See Cobra de capello, Asp, Haje, etc.
Hooded warbler, a small American warbler ({Sylvania
mitrata}).
[1913 Webster] |
Hooded merganser
(gcide) | Hooded \Hood"ed\, a.
1. Covered with a hood.
[1913 Webster]
2. Furnished with a hood or something like a hood.
[1913 Webster]
3. Hood-shaped; esp. (Bot.), rolled up like a cornet of
paper; cuculate, as the spethe of the Indian turnip.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Zool.)
(a) Having the head conspicuously different in color from
the rest of the plumage; -- said of birds.
(b) Having a hoodlike crest or prominence on the head or
neck; as, the hooded seal; a hooded snake.
[1913 Webster]
Hooded crow, a European crow (Corvus cornix); -- called
also hoody, dun crow, and royston crow.
Hooded gull, the European black-headed pewit or gull.
Hooded merganser. See Merganser.
Hooded seal, a large North Atlantic seal ({Cystophora
cristata}). The male has a large, inflatible, hoodlike sac
upon the head. Called also hoodcap.
Hooded sheldrake, the hooded merganser. See Merganser.
Hooded snake. See Cobra de capello, Asp, Haje, etc.
Hooded warbler, a small American warbler ({Sylvania
mitrata}).
[1913 Webster] |
Hooded seal
(gcide) | Hooded \Hood"ed\, a.
1. Covered with a hood.
[1913 Webster]
2. Furnished with a hood or something like a hood.
[1913 Webster]
3. Hood-shaped; esp. (Bot.), rolled up like a cornet of
paper; cuculate, as the spethe of the Indian turnip.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Zool.)
(a) Having the head conspicuously different in color from
the rest of the plumage; -- said of birds.
(b) Having a hoodlike crest or prominence on the head or
neck; as, the hooded seal; a hooded snake.
[1913 Webster]
Hooded crow, a European crow (Corvus cornix); -- called
also hoody, dun crow, and royston crow.
Hooded gull, the European black-headed pewit or gull.
Hooded merganser. See Merganser.
Hooded seal, a large North Atlantic seal ({Cystophora
cristata}). The male has a large, inflatible, hoodlike sac
upon the head. Called also hoodcap.
Hooded sheldrake, the hooded merganser. See Merganser.
Hooded snake. See Cobra de capello, Asp, Haje, etc.
Hooded warbler, a small American warbler ({Sylvania
mitrata}).
[1913 Webster] |
Hooded sheldrake
(gcide) | Hooded \Hood"ed\, a.
1. Covered with a hood.
[1913 Webster]
2. Furnished with a hood or something like a hood.
[1913 Webster]
3. Hood-shaped; esp. (Bot.), rolled up like a cornet of
paper; cuculate, as the spethe of the Indian turnip.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Zool.)
(a) Having the head conspicuously different in color from
the rest of the plumage; -- said of birds.
(b) Having a hoodlike crest or prominence on the head or
neck; as, the hooded seal; a hooded snake.
[1913 Webster]
Hooded crow, a European crow (Corvus cornix); -- called
also hoody, dun crow, and royston crow.
Hooded gull, the European black-headed pewit or gull.
Hooded merganser. See Merganser.
Hooded seal, a large North Atlantic seal ({Cystophora
cristata}). The male has a large, inflatible, hoodlike sac
upon the head. Called also hoodcap.
Hooded sheldrake, the hooded merganser. See Merganser.
Hooded snake. See Cobra de capello, Asp, Haje, etc.
Hooded warbler, a small American warbler ({Sylvania
mitrata}).
[1913 Webster] |
Hooded snake
(gcide) | Hooded \Hood"ed\, a.
1. Covered with a hood.
[1913 Webster]
2. Furnished with a hood or something like a hood.
[1913 Webster]
3. Hood-shaped; esp. (Bot.), rolled up like a cornet of
paper; cuculate, as the spethe of the Indian turnip.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Zool.)
(a) Having the head conspicuously different in color from
the rest of the plumage; -- said of birds.
(b) Having a hoodlike crest or prominence on the head or
neck; as, the hooded seal; a hooded snake.
[1913 Webster]
Hooded crow, a European crow (Corvus cornix); -- called
also hoody, dun crow, and royston crow.
Hooded gull, the European black-headed pewit or gull.
Hooded merganser. See Merganser.
Hooded seal, a large North Atlantic seal ({Cystophora
cristata}). The male has a large, inflatible, hoodlike sac
upon the head. Called also hoodcap.
Hooded sheldrake, the hooded merganser. See Merganser.
Hooded snake. See Cobra de capello, Asp, Haje, etc.
Hooded warbler, a small American warbler ({Sylvania
mitrata}).
[1913 Webster] |
Hooded tern
(gcide) | Tern \Tern\ (t[~e]rn), n. [Dan. terne, t[ae]rne; akin to Sw.
t[aum]rna, Icel. [thorn]erna; cf. NL. sterna.] (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of long-winged aquatic birds,
allied to the gulls, and belonging to Sterna and various
allied genera.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Terns differ from gulls chiefly in their graceful form,
in their weaker and more slender bills and feet, and
their longer and more pointed wings. The tail is
usually forked. Most of the species are white with the
back and wings pale gray, and often with a dark head.
The common European tern (Sterna hirundo) is found
also in Asia and America. Among other American species
are the arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea), the roseate
tern (Sterna Dougalli), the least tern ({Sterna
Antillarum}), the royal tern (Sterna maxima), and the
sooty tern (Sterna fuliginosa).
[1913 Webster]
Hooded tern. See Fairy bird, under Fairy.
Marsh tern, any tern of the genus Hydrochelidon. They
frequent marshes and rivers and feed largely upon insects.
River tern, any tern belonging to Seena or allied genera
which frequent rivers.
Sea tern, any tern of the genus Thalasseus. Terns of this
genus have very long, pointed wings, and chiefly frequent
seas and the mouths of large rivers.
[1913 Webster]Fairy \Fair"y\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to fairies.
[1913 Webster]
2. Given by fairies; as, fairy money. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
Fairy bird (Zool.), the Euoropean little tern ({Sterna
minuta}); -- called also sea swallow, and hooded tern.
Fairy bluebird. (Zool.) See under Bluebird.
Fairy martin (Zool.), a European swallow (Hirrundo ariel)
that builds flask-shaped nests of mud on overhanging
cliffs.
Fairy rings or Fairy circles, the circles formed in
grassy lawns by certain fungi (as Marasmius Oreades),
formerly supposed to be caused by fairies in their
midnight dances; also, the mushrooms themselves. Such
circles may have diameters larger than three meters.
Fairy shrimp (Zool.), a European fresh-water phyllopod
crustacean (Chirocephalus diaphanus); -- so called from
its delicate colors, transparency, and graceful motions.
The name is sometimes applied to similar American species.
Fairy stone (Paleon.), an echinite.
[1913 Webster] |
|