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coiffe

[kwahf]
–noun, verb (used with object), coiffed, coiff⋅ing.
coiffure (defs. 1, 3).

coif

2[kwahf, koif]
–noun, verb (used with object)
coiffure (defs. 1, 3).
Also, coiffe.


Origin:
prob. back formation from coiffure, or < F coiffer, its base
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coif 
"close-fitting cap," c.1330, from O.Fr. coife, from L.L. coifa "a cap, hood," of W.Gmc. origin (cf. M.H.G. kupfe "cap").
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