[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

quoif \quoif\ kwoif or koif, n.  v. t.
   see coif. --shak.
   1913 webster
see also:
coif 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

coif \coif\ koif or kwaumf, 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.
   1. 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.
          1913 webster

                from point and saucy ermine down
                to the plain coif and russet gown. --h. brocke.
          1913 webster

                the judges, . . . althout they are not of the
                first magnitude, nor need be of the degree of
                the coif, yet are they considerable. --bacon.
          1913 webster

   2. a coiffure.
      pjc
see also:
cup cop cuff quoif quoif coiffure 

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