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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Snood  \Snood\,  n.  [AS.  sn[=o]d.  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Snood  \Snood\,  v.  t. 
  To  bind  or  braid  up  as  the  hair,  with  a  snood.  [Scot.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  snood 
  n  :  an  ornamental  net  bag  that  confines  a  woman's  hair;  pins  or 
  ties  at  the  back  of  the  head 




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