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- Staple - n. - A settled mart; an emporium; a city or town to which merchants brought commodities for sale or exportation in bulk; a place for wholesale traffic.
- Staple - n. - Hence: Place of supply; source; fountain head.
- Staple - 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.
- Staple - n. - The principal constituent in anything; chief item.
- Staple - n. - Unmanufactured material; raw material.
- Staple - n. - The fiber of wool, cotton, flax, or the like; as, a coarse staple; a fine staple; a long or short staple.
- Staple - 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.
- Staple - n. - A shaft, smaller and shorter than the principal one, joining different levels.
- Staple - n. - A small pit.
- Staple - n. - A district granted to an abbey.
- Staple - a. - Pertaining to, or being market of staple for, commodities; as, a staple town.
- Staple - a. - Established in commerce; occupying the markets; settled; as, a staple trade.
- Staple - a. - Fit to be sold; marketable.
- Staple - a. - Regularly produced or manufactured in large quantities; belonging to wholesale traffic; principal; chief.
- Staple - v. t. - To sort according to its staple; as, to staple cotton.
- stapled - imp. & p. p. - of Staple
- Stapler - n. - A dealer in staple goods.
- Stapler - n. - One employed to assort wool according to its staple.
- Padlock - n. - A portable lock with a bow which is usually jointed or pivoted at one end so that it can be opened, the other end being fastened by the bolt, -- used for fastening by passing the bow through a staple over a hasp or through the links of a chain, etc.
- Staple - v. t. - To sort according to its staple; as, to staple cotton.
- Hasp - n. - A clasp, especially a metal strap permanently fast at one end to a staple or pin, while the other passes over a staple, and is fastened by a padlock or a pin; also, a metallic hook for fastening a door.
- Staple - a. - Pertaining to, or being market of staple for, commodities; as, a staple town.
- Stapler - n. - A dealer in staple goods.
- Staple - a. - Established in commerce; occupying the markets; settled; as, a staple trade.
- Carding - a. - The act or process of preparing staple for spinning, etc., by carding it. See the Note under Card, v. t.
- Tarpum - n. - A very large marine fish (Megapolis Atlanticus) of the Southern United States and the West Indies. It often becomes six or more feet in length, and has large silvery scales. The scales are a staple article of trade, and are used in fancywork. Called also tarpon, sabalo, savanilla, silverfish, and jewfish.