| Staple (staple) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Sta"ple |
| [AS. stapul,
stapol, stapel, a step, a prop, post, table, fr.
stapan to step, go, raise; akin to D. stapel a pile,
stocks, emporium, G. stapela heap, mart, stake, staffel
step of a ladder, Sw. stapel |
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.
Hence: Place of supply; source; fountain
head.
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.
The principal constituent in anything;
chief item.
Unmanufactured material; raw
material.
The fiber of wool, cotton, flax, or the
like; as, a coarse staple; a fine staple; a long or
short staple.
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.
A
shaft, smaller and shorter than the principal one, joining different
levels.
A district granted to an abbey.
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Pertaining to, or being market of staple for, commodities; as, a
staple town.
Established in commerce; occupying the
markets; settled; as, a staple trade.
Fit to be sold; marketable.
Regularly produced or manufactured in large
quantities; belonging to wholesale traffic; principal;
chief.
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| Staple (staple) |
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| v. t. | |
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| Sta"ple |
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To sort according to its staple] as, to
staple cotton.
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