Coif vs Scarf - What's the difference?
coif | scarf |
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.
A long, often knitted, garment worn around the neck.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
, title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=2 A headscarf.
(dated) A neckcloth or cravat.
To throw on loosely; to put on like a scarf.
* 1599-1601 , (William Shakespeare), (Hamlet), Act 5, Scene 2:
To dress with a scarf, or as with a scarf; to cover with a loose wrapping.
A type of joint in woodworking.
A groove on one side of a sewing machine needle.
A dip or notch or cut made in the trunk of a tree to direct its fall when felling.
To shape by grinding.
To form a scarf on the end or edge of, as for a joint in timber, forming a "V" groove for welding adjacent metal plates, metal rods, etc.
To unite, as two pieces of timber or metal, by a scarf joint.
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English nouns with irregular plurals
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As nouns the difference between coif and scarf
is that coif is a hairdo while scarf is a long, often knitted, garment worn around the neck or scarf can be a type of joint in woodworking or scarf can be (scotland) a cormorant.As verbs the difference between coif and scarf
is that coif is to style or arrange hair while scarf is to throw on loosely; to put on like a scarf or scarf can be to shape by grinding or scarf can be (transitive|us|slang) to eat very quickly.coif
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.
Verb
scarf
English
(wikipedia scarf)Etymology 1
Probably from . http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/scarf?s=t. The verb is derived from the noun.Noun
(en-noun)citation, passage=Now that she had rested and had fed from the luncheon tray Mrs. Broome had just removed, she had reverted to her normal gaiety. She looked cool in a grey tailored cotton dress with a terracotta scarf and shoes and her hair a black silk helmet.}}
Verb
(en verb)- My sea-gown scarfed about me.