Staple

·noun A small pit.

II. Staple ·adj Fit to be sold; marketable.

III. Staple ·noun Unmanufactured material; raw material.

IV. Staple ·noun Hence: Place of supply; source; fountain head.

V. Staple ·noun The principal constituent in anything; chief item.

VI. Staple ·noun A district granted to an Abbey.

VII. Staple ·vt To sort according to its staple; as, to staple cotton.

VIII. Staple ·adj Established in commerce; occupying the markets; settled; as, a staple trade.

IX. Staple ·adj Pertaining to, or being market of staple for, commodities; as, a staple town.

X. Staple ·noun A shaft, smaller and shorter than the principal one, joining different levels.

XI. Staple ·adj Regularly produced or manufactured in large quantities; belonging to wholesale traffic; principal; chief.

XII. Staple ·noun The fiber of wool, cotton, flax, or the like; as, a coarse staple; a fine staple; a long or short staple.

XIII. Staple ·noun 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.

XIV. Staple ·noun 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.

XV. Staple ·noun 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.