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Coif

noun

The arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair). Synonyms: coiffure, hair style, hairdo, hairstyle.

A skullcap worn by nuns under a veil or by soldiers under a hood of mail or formerly by British sergeants-at-law.

verb

(past & past part. coiffed or coifed; pres. part. coiffing or coifing)

Cover with a coif.

Arrange attractively. Synonyms: arrange, coiffe, coiffure, do, dress, set.

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... the law, for our laws are full of returns, and we we shall shew a compendium of law [takes the wig]; parts of practice in the twist of the tail.—The depth of a full bottom denotes the length of a chancery suit, and the black coif behind, like a blistering plaister, seems to shew us that law is a great irritator, and only to be used in cases ...

— A Lecture On Heads • Geo. Alex. Stevens

... day the mistress of Chad was making her usual morning round of the kitchens and adjoining offices—her simple though graceful morning robe, and the plain coif covering her hair, showing that she was not yet dressed for the duties which would engross her later in the day. She had a great bunch of keys dangling at her girdle, and her tablets were in her hands, where from time to time she jotted down ...

— The Secret Chamber at Chad • Evelyn Everett-Green

... of Pa-Ramesu were emerging from the quarters. They were, almost uniformly, tall, slender and immature in figure. Dressed in the foot-soldier's tunic and coif, they looked like long-limbed youths compared with the powerful manhood of the sons ...

— The Yoke - A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children - of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt • Elizabeth Miller

... ribbon and gold thread, thrown over the back hair to prevent it from dropping. The large tetradrachmai of Syrakuse, bearing the signature of the engraver, Kimon, show a beautiful head of Arethusa adorned with the kekryphalos. More frequent is the coif-like kekryphalos covering the whole hair, or only the back hair, and tied into a ...

— Museum of Antiquity - A Description of Ancient Life • L. W. Yaggy

... of pale yellow, some woolen stuff, the coif and gamp were of white linen, and a red cross marked the entire front of her dress, the arms of the cross resting on her bosom. Arthur stared. Her face of a sickly pallor had deep circles under the eyes, but seemed plump enough ...

— The Art of Disappearing • John Talbot Smith

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