(hd) noun
1. A soft or flexible covering for the head and the back of the neck.
2. Anything of similar form or character.
3. A monk's cowl.
4. An ornamental fold attached to the back of an academic gown.
5. In falconry, a cover for the entire head of a hawk.
6. A projecting cover to a hearth, forge, or ventilator.
7. The movable cover of a machine, as of the engine of an automobile.
8. Biol. A concave expansion of any organ, resembling a hood; a crest.
—v.t. To cover or furnish with or as with a hood. [OE hōd]

(hd) noun U.S. Slang
A hoodlum. [<HOODLUM]

1. Condition of; state of being: babyhood, falsehood.
2. Class or totality of those having a certain character: priesthood. [OE had state, condition]

(hd), John Bell,
1831–79, American Confederate general.
—Samuel,
1724–1816, first Viscount Hood, English admiral.
—Thomas,
1799–1845, English poet and humorist.
—Robin
See ROBIN HOOD.

(hd), Mount
A volcanic peak in the Cascade Range, NW Oregon; 11,245 feet.