[syn: dress, arrange, set, do, coif, coiffe, coiffure]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Coif \Coif\ (koif or kw[aum]f), v. t. [Cf. F. coiffer.]
To cover or dress with, or as with, a coif.
[1913 Webster]
And coif me, where I'm bald, with flowers. --J. G.
Cooper.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
coif
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]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
COIF
Fortran with interactive graphic extensions for
circuit design, on UNIVAC 1108.
["An Interactive Software System for Computer-Aided Design: An
Application to Circuit Projects", CACM 9(13), Sep 1970].
(1995-01-04)