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Webster 1913 Edition


Snood

Snood

,
Noun.
[AS.
snōd
. Cf.
Snare
.]
1.
The fillet which binds the hair of a young unmarried woman, and is emblematic of her maiden character.
[Scot.]
And seldom was a
snood
amid
Such wild, luxuriant ringlets hid.
Sir W. Scott.
2.
A short line (often of horsehair) connecting a fishing line with the hook; a snell; a leader.

Snood

,
Verb.
T.
To bind or braid up, as the hair, with a snood.
[Scot.]