noil

The plural noils is also used, and means the same as noil.

It is silk noil, made from the outer, coarser threads of the cocoon.

Harry helped Singing Rock into the pickup, and then they drove off toward Noil's house.

Silk noil is also called "raw silk", although that is a misnomer.

Inland, as they drove in Noil's pickup through the Valley of the Moon, the afternoon was densely hazy and hot.

Combing straightens the fibres, isolates the long ones (tops) for spinning and discards the short ones (noil).

As noil is a relatively short fiber, fabric made from noil is weaker and considered less valuable.

This removes any short fibres or noil and some long fibres termed robbings which are deposited in a box at the back of the square motion.

The recycled wool may be mixed with raw wool, wool noil, or another fiber such as cotton to increase the average fiber length.

The family owned this cotton mill for 68 years, before selling it in 1923 to E. Wilman & Sons, which converted it to silk noil spinning.

Their adventures continue as they continue to Emerald City where they meet an ex-Imperial Soldier turned performer named Noil.

Pour Le Noil. . . . Do you . . . ?"

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.

Its Command Chief Master Sergeant is Chief Master Sergeant Felecia F. Noil.

For example, the name of the main character, Kakashi, is Japanese for "Scarecrow" and the name of the cowardly performer, Noil, is "Lion" spelled backwards.

Joseph Benjamin Noil (1841 - March 21, 1882) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of America's highest military decoration-the Medal of Honor.

Noel Bear was a Maliseet hunter, trapper, guide, and basket-maker who was identified by a variety of first (Noil, Newell, Newal) and last (Bair, Muin, Aubin?)

Joseph B. Noil enlisted in the Navy from New York; when he re-enlisted for a three year hitch on December 29, 1874, he was described as thirty-four years old, born in Nova Scotia and a "Negro".

The short fibres or noils remaining in the nacteur combs are transferred to the comb circle by a small comb and removed with the noil in the comb circle pins by brushes and lifting knives and deposited into a box ready for removal.