See also:

• COIF (from Fr. coiffe, Ital. cuffia, a cap)

COIF (from Fr. coiffe, Ital. cuffia, a cap)  , a See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close-fitting covering for the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head . Originally it was the name given to a head-covering worn in the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle ages, tied like a See also:

• NIGHT

night-cap under the See also:

• CHIN

chin, and worn out of doors by both sexes; this was later worn by men as a See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of night-cap or See also:

• SKULL

skull-cap . The See also:

• COIF (from Fr. coiffe, Ital. cuffia, a cap)

coif was also a close-fitting cap of See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white See also:

• LAWN

lawn or See also:

• SILK

silk, worn by See also:

• ENGLISH

English serjeantsat-See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law as a distinguishing See also:

• MARK
• MARK, CARL (1858– )
• MARK, GOSPEL OF ST
• MARK, ST

mark of their profession . It became the See also:

• FASHION (adapted from Fr. facon, agon, Lat. factio, making, facere, to do or make)

fashion to See also:

• WEAR

wear on the See also:

• TOP (cf. Dan. top, Ger. Topf, also meaning pot)

top of the white coif a small skull-cap of See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black silk or See also:

• VELVET

velvet; and on the introduction of wigs at the end of the 17th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century a See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round space was See also:

• LEFT

left on the top of the See also:

• WIG (short for " periwig," an alternative form of " peruke," Fr. perruque; cf. Span. peluca; conjecturally derived from Lat. pilus)

wig for the display of the coif, which was afterwards covered by a small patch of black silk edged with white (see A . Pulling, See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

Order of the Coif, 1897) . The See also:

• RANDOM (older forms randon, randrun; from the French, cf. randir, to run quickly, impetuously; generally taken to be of Teutonic origin and connected with Ger. Rand, edge, brim, the idea being possibly of a brimming river)

random conjecture of See also:

• SIR

Sir H . See also:

• SPELMAN, SIR HENRY (c. 1564-1641)

Spelman (Glossarium archaiologicum) that the coif was originally designed to conceal the ecclesiastical See also:

• TONSURE (Lat. tonsura, from tondere, to shave)

tonsure has unfortunately been quoted by annotators of See also:

• BLACKSTONE, SIR WILLIAM (1723-1780)

Blackstone's Commentaries as well as by See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• CAMPBELL, ALEXANDER (1788–1866)
• CAMPBELL, BEATRICE STELLA (Mrs PATRICK CAMPBELL) (1865– )
• CAMPBELL, GEORGE (1719–1796)
• CAMPBELL, JOHN
• CAMPBELL, JOHN (1708-1775)
• CAMPBELL, JOHN CAMPBELL, BARON (1779-1861)
• CAMPBELL, JOHN FRANCIS
• CAMPBELL, LEWIS (1830-1908)
• CAMPBELL, REGINALD JOHN (1867— )
• CAMPBELL, THOMAS (1777—1844)

Campbell in his Lives of the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

Chief Justices . It may be classed with the curious conceit, recorded in See also:

• BRAND, JOHN (1744-1806)
• BRAND, SIR JOHN HENRY (1823-1888)

Brand's Popular Antiquities, that the coif was derived from the See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child's See also:

• CAUL (from O. Eng. calle, Fr. tale, a cap)

caul, and was worn on the See also:

• ADVOCATE (Lat. advocatus, from advocare, to summon, especially in law to call in the aid of a counsel or witness, and so generally to summon to one's assistance)

advocate's head for See also:

• LUCK

luck .