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

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

Padlock :: 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..

Stapler :: Stapler (n.) A dealer in staple goods.

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

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..

Stapler :: Staple (v. t.) To sort according to its staple; as, to staple cotton..

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

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

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

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

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.) 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.

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..

Gossypium :: Gossypium (n.) A genus of plants which yield the cotton of the arts. The species are much confused. G. herbaceum is the name given to the common cotton plant, while the long-stapled sea-island cotton is produced by G. Barbadense, a shrubby variety. There are several other kinds besides these..

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

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

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..

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..

Staple :: 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..

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