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Friday 17 July 2009

quoif

is an alternative spelling of coif which can be used as a noun meaning either (dictionary.com):
  1. a hood-shaped cap, usually of white cloth and with extended sides, worn beneath a veil, as by nuns.
  2. any of various hoodlike caps, varying through the centuries in shape and purpose, worn by men and women.
  3. a cap similar to a skullcap, formerly worn by sergeants at law.
  4. Armor. a covering for the head and neck, made of leather, padded cloth, or mail.
  5. British. the rank or position of a sergeant at law.
or as a transitive verb meaning 'to cover or dress with or as with a coif'.

Variations: coif, coifed, coifing, coifs, quoif, quoifed, quoifing, quoifs.

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