Hypertext Webster Gateway: "coif"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Coif \Coif\ (koif)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Coif \Coif\ (koif), v. t. [Cf. F. coiffer.]
To cover or dress with, or as with, a coif.
And coif me, where I'm bald, with flowers. --J. G.
Cooper.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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
v 1: cover with a coif
2: arrange attractively; "dress my hair for the wedding" [syn:
{dress}, {arrange}, {set}, {do}, {coiffe}, {coiffure}]
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