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doff

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DOFF

v.t. 1. To put off, as dress.
And made us doff our easy robes of peace.
2. To strip or divest; as, he doffs himself.
3. To put or thrust away; to get rid of.
To doff their dire distresses.
4. To put off; to shift off; with a view to delay.
Every day thou doffst me with some device.
[This word is, I believe, entirely obsolete in discourse, at least in the United States, but is retained in poetry. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DOFF

Doff, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Doffed; p. pr. & vb. n. Doffing.] Etym: [Do + off. See Do, v. t., 7.]

 

1. To put off, as dress; to divest one's self of; hence, figuratively, to put or thrust away; to rid one's self of. And made us doff our easy robes of peace. Shak. At night, or in the rain, He dons a surcoat which he doffs at morn. Emerson.

 

2. To strip; to divest; to undress. Heaven's King, who doffs himself our flesh to wear. Crashaw.

 

DOFF

DOFF Doff, v. i.

 

Defn: To put off dress; to take off the hat.

 

DOFFER

DOFFER Doff "er, n. (Mach. )

 

Defn: A revolving cylinder, or a vibrating bar with teeth, in a carding machine, which doffs, or strips off, the cotton from the cards. Ure.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

doff

doff |däf, dôf dɑf dɔf | ▶verb [ with obj. ] remove (an item of clothing ): he had doffed tie and jacket and rolled up his shirtsleeves. • take off or raise (one's hat ) as a greeting or token of respect: the manager doffed his hat to her. ORIGIN late Middle English: contraction of do off. Compare with don 2 .

 

Oxford Dictionary

doff

doff |dɒf | ▶verb [ with obj. ] remove (an item of clothing ). • take off or raise (one's hat ) as a greeting or token of respect: the manager doffed his hat to her. ORIGIN late Middle English: contraction of do off. Compare with don 2 .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

doff

doff verb literary he doffed his cap as we walked past: take off, remove, strip off, pull off; raise, lift, tip; dated divest oneself of. ANTONYMS don.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

doff

doff verb dated they doffed their coats. See take something off (sense 2 ).

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

doff

doff /dɔːf |dɔf /〖d o off の短縮形 〗動詞 他動詞 ｟やや古 ｠1 〈帽子 コートなど 〉を脱ぐ (↔don 2 ).2 〈習慣など 〉をやめる, 捨てる .