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What is a noil?

What is a noil? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A short fibre left over from combing wool or spinning silk during the preparation of textile yarns. Sometimes it is referred to as 'Raw Silk', although this is somewhat of a misnomer.
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Shayla Noil and Justice West led the Generals with 11 points each.
The silk noil was slightly nubby with random flecks in an off-white colour.
An increased yield and better quality of top, owing to the absence of broken fiber, and consequent diminution of noil and waste.
Completing the coverage will be two land based cabled cameras positioned at vantage points on Noil h and South Head.
The short wool or noil, which is removed from the long fiber, is left in the small circles and from there removed by noil knives, falling as waste under the comb.
Fabrics that are often made from silk include charmeuse, habutai, chiffon, taffeta, crepe de chine, dupioni, noil, tussah, and shantung, among others.

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