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Look up: coif

  1. 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 2. [v] - cover with a coif
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Coif
    cap or under-helmet made of MAIL
    Found on http://www.msgb.co.uk/glossary.html

  3. Coif
    Coif (koif) noun [ Old French coife , French coiffe , Late Latin cofea , cuphia , from Old High German kuppa , kuppha , miter, perhaps from Latin cupa tub. See Cup , noun
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/106

  4. Coif
    Coif (koif) transitive verb [ Confer French coiffer .] To cover or dress with, or as with, a coif. « And coif me, where I'm bald, with flowers. J. G. Cooper. »
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/106

  5. coif
    noun a skullcap worn by nuns under a veil or by soldiers under a hood of mail or formerly by British sergeants-at-law
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  6. coif
    verb cover with a coif
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  7. Coif
    • (n.) A close-fitting cap covering the sides of the head, like a small hood without a cape. • (n.) An official headdress, such as that worn by certain judges in England. • (v. t.) To cover or dress with, or as with, a coif. • (n.) A cap.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  8. coif
    close-fitting cap of white linen that covered the ears and was tied with strings under the chin, like a baby`s bonnet. It appeared at the end of the ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/106

  9. coif
    coif 1. A cap, a headdress. 2. A tight-fitting cap worn under a veil, as by nuns; a 'skullcap' worn by nuns under a veil. 3. Any of various hoodlike caps, varying through the centuries in shape and purpose, worn by men and women. 4. A white skullcap formerly worn by English lawyers. 5. A heavy s...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  10. 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)
    Found on http://foldoc.org/COIF

  11. Coif
    A coif was a steel cap worn by knights, and later the name was used for the lawn hood or cap won by sergeants-at-law.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  12. Coif
    A coif is a close-fitting cap. During the Middle Ages a coif was worn under a veil by women and by knights beneath a chain-mail hood. Today coifs are worn by nuns.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  13. Coif
    A `coif` () is a close fitting cap that covers the top, back, and sides of the head. History : Coifs were worn by all classes in England and Scotland from the Middle Ages to the early seventeenth century (and later as an old-fashioned cap for countrywomen and young children). Coifs were also worn by...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coif



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