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coif — /koyf/ A title given to Serjeants at law, who are called serjeants of the coif, from the coif they wear on their heads. The use of this coif at first was to cover the clerical tonsure, many of the practicing serjeants being clergymen who had… … Black's law dictionary
coif — /koyf/ A title given to Serjeants at law, who are called serjeants of the coif, from the coif they wear on their heads. The use of this coif at first was to cover the clerical tonsure, many of the practicing serjeants being clergymen who had… … Black's law dictionary
koyfe — koyf(e, koyne, koynt(e, koyt obs. ff. coif, coin, quaint, quoit … Useful english dictionary
koyne — koyf(e, koyne, koynt(e, koyt obs. ff. coif, coin, quaint, quoit … Useful english dictionary
koynt — koyf(e, koyne, koynt(e, koyt obs. ff. coif, coin, quaint, quoit … Useful english dictionary
koynte — koyf(e, koyne, koynt(e, koyt obs. ff. coif, coin, quaint, quoit … Useful english dictionary
koyt — koyf(e, koyne, koynt(e, koyt obs. ff. coif, coin, quaint, quoit … Useful english dictionary
coif — coif1 /koyf/, n. 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… … Universalium
Yiddish morphology — The morphology of the Yiddish language bears many similarities to that of German, with some influence from Slavic languages.NounsYiddish nouns are divided into three classes, or genders masculine ( zokher ), feminine ( nekeyve ) and neuter (… … Wikipedia
coif — /kɔɪf/ (say koyf) noun 1. a hood shaped cap worn under a veil, as by nuns. 2. a close fitting cap of various kinds, as one worn by European peasant women. 3. a cap like the skullcap, retained until the common introduction of the wig, especially… …
