coif

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: hairdohairstylehair stylecoiffuredressarrangesetdocoiffe

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair)Synonyms: hairdohairstylehair stylecoiffure
  2. a skullcap worn by nuns under a veil or by soldiers under a hood of mail or formerly by British sergeants-at-law

Verb (2)

  1. cover with a coif
  2. arrange attractively“dress my hair for the wedding”Synonyms: dressarrangesetdocoiffecoiffure
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

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.] [1913 Webster]

From point and saucy ermine down To the plain coif and russet gown.— H. Brocke.[1913 Webster]
The judges, . . . althout they are not of the first magnitude, nor need be of the degree of the coif, yet are they considerable.— Bacon.[1913 Webster]

2.a coiffure. [PJC]

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

COIF

<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].

(1995-01-04)

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