n. [ AS. snōd. Cf. Snare. ] 1. The fillet which binds the hair of a young unmarried woman, and is emblematic of her maiden character. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

And seldom was a snood amid
Such wild, luxuriant ringlets hid. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A short line (often of horsehair) connecting a fishing line with the hook; a snell; a leader. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To bind or braid up, as the hair, with a snood. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Wearing or having a snood. “The snooded daughter.” Whittier. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Prov. E. snook to search out, to follow by the scent; cf. Sw. snoka to lurk, LG. snöggen, snuckern, snökern, to snuffle, to smell about, to search for. ] To lurk; to lie in ambush. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ D. snoek. ] (Zool.) (a) A large perchlike marine food fish (Centropomus undecimalis) found both on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of tropical America; -- called also ravallia, and robalo. (b) The cobia. (c) The garfish. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Scot. snooze to sleep; cf. Dan. & Sw. snus snuff. ] A short sleep; a nap. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Snoozed p. pr. & vb. n. Snoozing. ] To doze; to drowse; to take a short nap; to slumber. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]