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Doffing

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Doff \Doff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Doffed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Doffing}.] [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.
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