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Noil vs Noll - What's the difference?

noil | noll |

As a noun noil

is 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.

As a proper noun noll is

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noil

English

Noun

(wikipedia noil) (en noun)
  • 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.
    • The silk noil was slightly nubby with random flecks in an off-white colour.

    Derived terms

    * noily

    Anagrams

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    noll

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • *1499 , (John Skelton), The Bowge of Courte :
  • *:Wolde to God it wolde please you some daye / A balade boke before me for to laye, / And leme me to synge Re my fa sol! / And whan I fayle bobbe me on the noll .
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