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- Snood - n. - The fillet which binds the hair of a young unmarried woman, and is emblematic of her maiden character.
- Snood - n. - A short line (often of horsehair) connecting a fishing line with the hook; a snell; a leader.
- Snood - v. t. - To bind or braid up, as the hair, with a snood.
- Snooded - a. - Wearing or having a snood.
- Gut - n. - The sac of silk taken from a silkworm (when ready to spin its cocoon), for the purpose of drawing it out into a thread. This, when dry, is exceedingly strong, and is used as the snood of a fish line.