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a.
Pertaining to, or being market of staple for, commodities; as, a staple town.
n.
The principal constituent in anything; chief item.
n.
The principal commodity of traffic in a market; a principal commodity or production of a country or district; as, wheat, maize, and cotton are great staples of the United States.
v. t.
To sort according to its staple; as, to staple cotton.
a.
Regularly produced or manufactured in large quantities; belonging to wholesale traffic; principal; chief.
n.
The hinged and curved bar of a padlock, by which it is hung to the staple.
n.
Unmanufactured material; raw material.
imp. & p. p.
of Staple
a.
Fit to be sold; marketable.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Staple
n.
A shaft, smaller and shorter than the principal one, joining different levels.
n.
One employed to assort wool according to its staple.
a.
Established in commerce; occupying the markets; settled; as, a staple trade.
n.
Hence: Place of supply; source; fountain head.
n.
A small pit.
n.
The fiber of wool, cotton, flax, or the like; as, a coarse staple; a fine staple; a long or short staple.
n.
A dealer in staple goods.
n.
Well-twisted yarn spun of long-staple wool which has been combed to lay the fibers parallel, used for carpets, cloth, hosiery, gloves, and the like.
n.
A district granted to an abbey.
n.
A loop of iron, or a bar or wire, bent and formed with two points to be driven into wood, to hold a hook, pin, or the like.
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