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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 constituent in anything; chief item.

Plantain :: Plantain (n.) The fruit of this plant. It is long and somewhat cylindrical, slightly curved, and, when ripe, soft, fleshy, and covered with a thick but tender yellowish skin. The plantain is a staple article of food in most tropical countries, especially when cooked..

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

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

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..

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..

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

Stapling :: stapled (imp. & p. p.) of Stapl.

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..

Staple :: Staple (n.) The fiber of wool, cotton, flax, or the like; as, a coarse staple; a fine staple; a long or short staple..

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

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

Hasp :: Hasp (n.) A clasp, especially a metal strap permanently fast at one end to a staple or pin, while the other passes over a staple, and is fastened by a padlock or a pin; also, a metallic hook for fastening a door..

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

Kersey :: Kersey (n.) A kind of coarse, woolen cloth, usually ribbed, woven from wool of long staple..

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.) 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 (n.) A small pit.

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