King James Bible Dictionary

(Heb. tsaniph) a tiara round the head (Isaiah 3:23; R.V., pl., "turbans"). Rendered "diadem," Job 29:14; high priest's "mitre," Zechariah 3:5; "royal diadem," Isaiah 62:3.

General references
Isaiah 3:23
Dress

HOOD. [Latin fraternitas.]

HOOD, noun

1. A covering for the head used by females, and deeper than a bonnet.

2. A covering for the head and shoulders used by monks; a cowl.

3. A covering for a hawk's head or eyes; used in falconry.

4. Any thing to be drawn over the head to cover it.

5. An ornamental fold that hangs down the back of a graduate to mark his degree.

6. A low wooden porch over the ladder which leads to the steerage of a ship; the upper part of a galley-chimney; the cover of a pump.

HOOD, verb transitive To dress in a hood or cowl; to put on a hood

The friar hooded, and the monarch crowned.

1. To cover; to blind.

I'll hood my eyes.

2. To cover.

And hood the flames.

HOOD'ED, participle passive Covered with a hood; blinded.

HOOD'MAN, blind, noun A play in which a person blinded is to catch another and tell his name; blindman's bluff.

HOOD'-WINK, verb transitive [hood and wink.] To blind by covering the eyes.

We will blind and hood-wink him.

1. To cover; to hide.

For the prize I'll bring thee to,

Shall hood-wink this mischance.

2. To deceive by external appearances of disguise; to impose on.

HOOD'-WINKED, participle passive Blinded; deceived.

HOOD'-WINKING, participle present tense Blinding the eyes; covering; hiding; deceiving.