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coif
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WordNet
NounPlural: coives |
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| coif - a skullcap worn by nuns under a veil or by soldiers under a hood of mail or formerly by British sergeants-at-law | ||
| skullcap rounded brimless cap fitting the crown of the head | ||
| coif - the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair) | ||
| hairdo, hairstyle, hair style, coiffure | ||
| hair a filamentous projection or process on an organism | ||
| rat any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse | ||
| beehive a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees | ||
| bouffant a woman's hairstyle in which the hair gives a puffy appearance | ||
| haircut the act of cutting the hair | ||
| curl, whorl, ringlet, lock American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933) | ||
| afro, afro hairdo a rounded thickly curled hairdo | ||
| bang, fringe a border of hair that is cut short and hangs across the forehead | ||
| bob a short abrupt inclination (as of the head); "he gave me a short bob of acknowledgement" | ||
| wave a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon; "a wave of settlers"; "troops advancing in waves" | ||
| tress, braid, plait, twist trimming used to decorate clothes or curtains | ||
| chignon a roll of hair worn at the nape of the neck | ||
| marcel a hairdo characterized by deep regular waves that are made by a heated curling iron | ||
| pageboy a smooth hair style with the ends of the hair curled inward | ||
| pompadour a hair style in which the front hair is swept up from the forehead | ||
| ponytail a hair style that draws the hair back so that it hangs down in back of the head like a pony's tail | ||
| roach European freshwater food fish having a greenish back | ||
| scalp lock a long tuft of hair left on top of the shaven head | ||
Verb |
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| coif - cover with a coif | ||
| cover clothe, as if for protection from the elements; "cover your head!" | ||
| coif - arrange attractively; "dress my hair for the wedding" | ||
| dress, arrange, set, do, coiffe, coiffure | ||
| neaten, groom care for one's external appearance; "He is always well-groomed" | ||
| bob cut hair in the style of a bob; "Bernice bobs her hair these days!" | ||
| wave set waves in; "she asked the hairdresser to wave her hair" | ||
| curry, groom, dress treat by incorporating fat; "curry tanned leather" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- coif (Noun)
A hairdo. - coif (Noun)
A hood; a close-fitting cap covering much of the head, widespread until XVIII century; after that worn only by small children and countrywomen. - coif (Noun)
An item of chain mail headgear. - coif (Noun)
An official headdress, such as that worn by certain judges in England. - coif (Verb)
To style or arrange hair.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- coif (n.)
A cap. - coif (n.)
A close-fitting cap covering the sides of the head, like a small hood without a cape. - coif (n.)
An official headdress, such as that worn by certain judges in England. - coif (v. t.)
To cover or dress with, or as with, a coif.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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coif
koif, n. a covering for the head, esp. the close-fitting cap of white lawn or silk originally worn by serjeants-at-law: a covering for the head worn by women.—v.t. to provide with a coif: to dress (the hair).—ns. Coiff′eur, a hairdresser; Coiff′ure, a head-dress. [Fr. coiffe—Low L. cofia, a cap, perh. Old High Ger. chuppha, a cap, Ger. kopf.]
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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coif
Was originally an iron skull-cap, worn by knights under their helmets; it was introduced before 1259. It is now especially applied in Great Britain to a cap worn by sergeants-at-law.
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