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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. |
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Hence: Place of supply; source; fountain head. |
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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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The principal constituent in anything; chief item. |
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Unmanufactured material; raw material. |
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The fiber of wool, cotton, flax, or the like; as, a coarse
staple; a fine staple; a long or short staple. |
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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. |
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A shaft, smaller and shorter than the principal one,
joining different levels. |
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A small pit. |
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A district granted to an abbey. |
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Pertaining to, or being market of staple for, commodities;
as, a staple town. |
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Established in commerce; occupying the markets; settled;
as, a staple trade. |
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Fit to be sold; marketable. |
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Regularly produced or manufactured in large quantities;
belonging to wholesale traffic; principal; chief. |
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To sort according to its staple; as, to staple cotton. |
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