coif
Noun · VerbOpen English WordNet
Noun (2)
- the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair)Synonyms: hairdohairstylehair stylecoiffureType of hairKinds haircut, thatch, chignon, bang, wave, braid, bob, marcel, roach, beehive +6 moreParts lock, rat
- a skullcap worn by nuns under a veil or by soldiers under a hood of mail or formerly by British sergeants-at-lawType of skullcap
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: OF. coife, F. coiffe, LL. cofea, cuphia, fr. OHG. kuppa, kuppha, miter, perh. fr. L. cupa tub. See Cup, noun; but cf. also Cop, Cuff the article of dress, Quoif, noun
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.]
From point and saucy ermine down To the plain coif and russet gown.— H. Brocke.
The judges,... althout they are not of the first magnitude, nor need be of the degree of the coif, yet are they considerable.— Francis, Baron Verulam Bacon
2. a coiffure.
Origin: Cf. F. coiffer.
To cover or dress with, or as with, a coif.
And coif me, where I'm bald, with flowers.— John Gilbert Cooper
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: GCIDE editors
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
<language> 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].
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