Coif vs Coix - What's the difference?
coif | coix |
A hairdo
A hood; a close-fitting cap covering much of the head, widespread until XVIII century; after that worn only by small children and countrywomen
An item of chain mail headgear
An official headdress, such as that worn by certain judges in England.
* H. Brocke
* Francis Bacon
To style or arrange hair.
an East Asian grass, Coix lacryma-jobi , sometimes harvested as a cereal.
As a noun coif
is a hairdo.As a verb coif
is to style or arrange hair.As a proper noun coix is
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English
(wikipedia coif)Alternative forms
* coiffeNoun
(en noun)- From point and saucy ermine down / To the plain coif and russet gown.
- The judges, althout they are not of the first magnitude, nor need be of the degree of the coif , yet are they considerable.