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English Dictionary: Doff by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
doff
v
  1. remove; "He doffed his hat"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Doff \Doff\, v. i.
      To put off dress; to take off the hat.
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