1) Cloth fiber 2) Combed fiber 3) Cotton fiber 4) Fiber spun into yarn 5) Knot of fiber 6) Knot or shred of wool 7) Knotted yarn 8) Lion petpet 9) Short cotton fiber 10) Short fiber 11) Short fiber of silk or wool 12) Short piece of waste wool 13) Short piece of wool 14) Short textile fibers 15) Short wool fiber
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Noil is the short fiber left over from combing wool or spinning silk and used as a decorative additive for many spinning projects, like rovings and yarns. Silk noil is also called `raw silk`, although that is a misnomer. As noil is a relatively short fiber, fabric made from noil is weaker and considered less valuable. The plural noils is also us.....
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• (n.) A short or waste piece or knot of wool separated from the longer staple by combing; also, a similar piece or shred of waste silk.
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Short or tangled fibers which are removed from other staple fibers in the carding process; or a yarn spun with or from noils or a fabric woven from such a yarn.
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Noil noun [ Prob. from Prov. English
oil ,
ile ,
ail , a beard of grain (OE.
eil , Anglo-Saxon
egl ) combined with the indef. article,
an oil becoming
a noil .] A short or waste piece or knot of wool separated from the longer staple by combing; also, a...
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The short and tangled fibers which are separated from the long fibers, known as top, on a worsted comb.
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The short and tangled fibers which are separated from the long fibers, known as top, on a worsted comb.
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a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
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