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quoif

quoif


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Quoif  \Quoif\,  n.  &  v.  t. 
  See  {Coif}.  --Shak. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  ,  n.  [OF.  coife,  F.  coiffe,  LL  cofea,  cuphia  fr  OHG.  kuppa, 
  kuppha  miter,  perh.  fr  L.  cupa  tub.  See  {Cup},  n.;  but  cf 
  also  {Cop},  {Cuff}  the  article  of  dress,  {Quoif},  n.] 
  A  cap.  Specifically: 
  a  A  close-fitting  cap  covering  the  sides  of  the  head,  like 
  a  small  hood  without  a  cape. 
  b  An  official  headdress,  such  as  that  worn  by  certain 
  judges  in  England.  [Written  also  {quoif}.] 
 
  From  point  and  saucy  ermine  down  To  the  plain  coif 
  and  russet  gown.  --H.  Brocke. 
 
  The  judges,  .  .  .  althout  they  are  not  of  the  first 
  magnitude,  nor  need  be  of  the  degree  of  the  coif, 
  yet  are  they  considerable.  --Bacon.