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Staple :: Staple (n.) The principal constituent in anything; chief item.

Staple :: Staple (n.) Unmanufactured material; raw material.

Stapling :: stapled (imp. & p. p.) of Stapl.

Carding :: Carding (a.) The act or process of preparing staple for spinning, etc., by carding it. See the Note under Card, v. t..

Staple :: Staple (n.) Hence: Place of supply; source; fountain head.

Staple :: Staple (a.) Established in commerce; occupying the markets; settled; as, a staple trade..

Staple :: Staple (a.) Fit to be sold; marketable.

Cotton :: Cotton (n.) A soft, downy substance, resembling fine wool, consisting of the unicellular twisted hairs which grow on the seeds of the cotton plant. Long-staple cotton has a fiber sometimes almost two inches long; short-staple, from two thirds of an inch to an inch and a half..

Worsted :: Worsted (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..

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 :: 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 :: Staple (n.) The fiber of wool, cotton, flax, or the like; as, a coarse staple; a fine staple; a long or short staple..

Star :: Stapler (n.) One employed to assort wool according to its staple.

Staple :: Staple (n.) A district granted to an abbey.

Shackle :: Shackle (n.) The hinged and curved bar of a padlock, by which it is hung to the staple..

Tarpum :: 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..

Staple :: Staple (n.) A shaft, smaller and shorter than the principal one, joining different levels..

Staple :: Staple (a.) Pertaining to, or being market of staple for, commodities; as, a staple town..

Stapled :: Staple (a.) Regularly produced or manufactured in large quantities; belonging to wholesale traffic; principal; chief.

Staple :: Staple (n.) A small pit.

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