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SNOODED
Verb
snooded
simple past tense and past participle of snood
Adjective
snooded (not comparable)
Having or wearing a snood.
Source: Wiktionary
Snood"ed, a.
Definition: Wearing or having a snood. "The snooded daughter." Whittier.
SNOOD
Snood, n. Etym: [AS. sn. 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, v. t.
Definition: To bind or braid up, as the hair, with a snood. [Scot.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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