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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.) 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..

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

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

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

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 (a.) Fit to be sold; marketable.

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

Loop :: Loop (n.) A fold or doubling of a thread, cord, rope, etc., through which another thread, cord, etc., can be passed, or which a hook can be hooked into; an eye, as of metal; a staple; a noose; a bight..

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

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

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.

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

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