Staple
Definition of Staple
Sta´ple Pronunciation: stā´p'l | n. | 1. | 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. | | 2. | Hence: Place of supply; source; fountain head. | | 3. | 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. | | 4. | The principal constituent in anything; chief item. | | 5. | Unmanufactured material; raw material. | | 6. | The fiber of wool, cotton, flax, or the like; as, a coarse staple; a fine staple; a long or short staple. | | 7. | A loop of metal such as 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. | | 8. | A small loop of metal such as steel, bent into a U-shape with the points sharpened, used to fasten sheets of paper together by driving the staple{8} through the stacked sheets and into a formed receptacle which curls the ends in and backward, thus holding the papers firmly together; also, a similar, slightly larger such fastener which may be driven into wood to fasten objects to a wooden backing. | | 9. | (Mining) A shaft, smaller and shorter than the principal one, joining different levels. | | 10. | A district granted to an abbey. | | a. | 1. | Pertaining to, or being a market or staple for, commodities; as, a staple town. | | 2. | Established in commerce; occupying the markets; settled; as, a staple trade. | | 3. | Fit to be sold; marketable. | | 4. | Regularly produced or manufactured in large quantities; belonging to wholesale traffic; principal; chief. | | v. t. | 1. | To sort according to its staple; as, to staple cotton. | | 2. | To fasten together with a staple{9} or staples; as, to staple a check to a letter. |
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