coif

n : a skullcap worn by nuns under a veil or by soldiers under a

hood of mail or formerly by British sergeants-at-law

v : of hair [syn: {dress}, {arrange}, {set}, {do}, {coiffe}, {coiffure}]

CIF

Caltech Intermediate Form.

Geometry language for VLSI design, in which the primitives are

coloured rectangles.

["Introduction to VLSI Systems", Mead & Conway, A-W 1980,

Section 4.5].

(1995-01-25)