2. Verb. (third-person singular of coif) ¹
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Definition of Coifs
1. coif [v] - See also: coif
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coifs
Literary usage of Coifs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mikado's Empire by William Elliot Griffis (1906)
"At the merchant's home, decked in their best robes and coifs, they danced and
sung their wild fisher's songs for us. In the village I saw a famous sculptor ..."
2. A Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs, from September 1678 to April 1714 by Narcissus Luttrell (1857)
"And the I5th they performed the ceremony of walking in their coifs to Westminster
from ... coifs ..."
3. World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Ill., 1893 by United States World's Columbian Commission. Committee on Awards (1901)
"coifs navy revolver, old model, with detachable extension stock. ... Eight specimens
of coifs revolver.—Showing the progression from the earlier forms used ..."
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