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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
    (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/

  4. 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 ; but confer also Cop , Cuff the article of dress, Quoif , noun ] A cap. Specifically: (a) ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/106

  5. 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

  6. 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://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  7. coif
    verb cover with a coif
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  8. Coif
    A `coif` is a close fitting cap that covers the top, back, and sides of the head, 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). Tudor (later Stewart in Scotland) and earlier coifs are usually made of unadorned white linen and tie under the chin. In the Elizabethan and early Jacobean eras, coifs were frequently decorated w...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coif

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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 skullcap of steel or leather, formerly worn under a helm...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf


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