Found 2 items, similar to coif.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: coif
coif
n : a skullcap worn by nuns under a veil or by soldiers under a
hood of mail or formerly by British sergeants-at-law
v 1: cover with a coif
2: arrange attractively;
“dress my hair for the wedding” [syn:
dress,
arrange,
set,
do,
coiffe,
coiffure]
[also:
coiffing,
coiffed]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Coif
Coif
\Coif\ (koif or kw[aum]f), v. t. [Cf. F. coiffer.]
To cover or dress with, or as with, a coif.
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And coif me, where I'm bald, with flowers. --J. G.
Cooper.
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Coif
\Coif\ (koif or kw[aum]f), n. [OF. coife, F. coiffe, LL.
cofea, cuphia, fr. OHG. kuppa, kuppha, miter, perh. fr. L.
cupa tub. See
Cup, n.; but cf. also
Cop,
Cuff the
article of dress,
Quoif, n.]
1. A cap. Specifically:
(a) A close-fitting cap covering the sides of the head,
like a small hood without a cape.
(b) An official headdress, such as that worn by certain
judges in England. [Written also
quoif.]
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From point and saucy ermine down
To the plain coif and russet gown. --H. Brocke.
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The judges, . . . althout they are not of the
first magnitude, nor need be of the degree of
the coif, yet are they considerable. --Bacon.
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2. a
coiffure.
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