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noil


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Noil  \Noil\,  n.  [Prob.  fr  Prov.  E.  oil,  ile,  ail,  a  beard  of 
  grain  (OE.  eil,  AS  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  similar  piece  or  shred  of 
  waste  silk.