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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COIF, n. A kind of caul, or cap, worn on the head, by sergeants at law, and others. Its chief use was to cover the clerical tonsure.
COIF, v.t. To cover or dress with a coif.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair) [syn: hairdo, hairstyle, hair style, coiffure, coif]
2: 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, coif, coiffe, coiffure]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English coife, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin cofea Date: 14th century 1. a close-fitting cap: as a. a hoodlike cap worn under a veil by nuns b. a protective usually metal skullcap formerly worn under a hood of mail c. a white cap formerly worn by English lawyers and especially by serjeants-at-law; also the order or rank of a serjeant-at-law 2. coiffure II. transitive verb (coiffed or coifed; coiffing or coifing) Date: 15th century 1. to cover or dress with or as if with a coif 2. to arrange (hair) by brushing, combing, or curling

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. hist. 1 a close-fitting cap, esp. as worn by nuns under a veil. 2 a protective metal skullcap worn under armour. Etymology: ME f. OF coife f. LL cofia helmet

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Coif Coif (koif)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Coif Coif (koif), v. t. [Cf. F. coiffer.] To cover or dress with, or as with, a coif. And coif me, where I'm bald, with flowers. --J. G. Cooper.

Moby Thesaurus

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