--212.85.15.67 10:03, 6 February 2006 (UTC)Noil is the short fiber left over from combing wool or spinning silk. 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. Fiber (American English) or fibre (Commonwealth English) is a class of materials that are continuous filaments or are in discrete elongated pieces, similar to lengths of thread. ... Wool in a shearing shed Long and short hair wool at the South Central Family Farm Research Center in Boonesville, AR Wool sheep, Royal Melbourne Show Wool is the fibre derived from the hair of animals of the Caprinae family, principally sheep and goats, but the hair of other mammals... Silk weaver Silk is a natural protein fibre that can be woven into textiles. ... A variety of fabric. ...

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

Also, there is a petpet on neopets.com called the noil.