SNOODING

Verb

snooding

present participle of snood

Source: Wiktionary


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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