unˈhooded, ppl. a.
[un-1 8 or un-2 8: cf. prec.]
Not wearing, divested of, a hood. Also fig.
| 1575 [see unhood v. (a)]. 1614 Latham Falconry 32 Many of them will be more gentle..when they are vnhooded, then when they are hooded. 1730 Ramsay Fables, Lure 63 [He] loos'd the falcon frae his hand. Unhooded, up she sprang with birr. 1795 Southey Joan of Arc vii. 140 A rude coat of mail Unhosed, unhooded, as of lowly line He wore. 1798 Bloomfield Farmer's Boy, Autumn v. 269 In earliest hours of dark unhooded morn. 1848 Lytton Harold ix. i, On a perch..sate his favourite Norway falcon, unhooded. 1868 A. I. Menken Infelicia 129 In the great strength of thy unhooded soul, pray for my weakness. |