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Staple
n.
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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.
Staple
n.
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Hence: Place of supply; source; fountain head.
Staple
n.
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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.
Staple
n.
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The principal constituent in anything; chief item.
Staple
n.
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Unmanufactured material; raw material.
Staple
n.
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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.
Staple
n.
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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.
Staple
n.
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A shaft, smaller and shorter than the principal one, joining different levels.
Staple
n.
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A small pit.
Staple
n.
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A district granted to an abbey.
Staple
a.
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Pertaining to, or being market of staple for, commodities; as, a staple town.
Staple
a.
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Established in commerce; occupying the markets; settled; as, a staple trade.
Staple
a.
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Fit to be sold; marketable.
Staple
a.
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Regularly produced or manufactured in large quantities; belonging to wholesale traffic; principal; chief.
stapled
imp. & p. p.
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stapling
p. pr. & vb. n.
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Staple
v. t.
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To sort according to its staple; as, to staple cotton.
Stapler
n.
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A dealer in staple goods.
Stapler
n.
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One employed to assort wool according to its staple.
Star
n.
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One of the innumerable luminous bodies seen in the heavens; any heavenly body other than the sun, moon, comets, and nebulae.
Star
n.
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The polestar; the north star.
Star
n.
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A planet supposed to influence one's destiny; (usually pl.) a configuration of the planets, supposed to influence fortune.
Star
n.
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That which resembles the figure of a star, as an ornament worn on the breast to indicate rank or honor.
Star
n.
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Specifically, a radiated mark in writing or printing; an asterisk [thus, *]; -- used as a reference to a note, or to fill a blank where something is omitted, etc.
Star
n.
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A composition of combustible matter used in the heading of rockets, in mines, etc., which, exploding in the air, presents a starlike appearance.
Star
n.
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A person of brilliant and attractive qualities, especially on public occasions, as a distinguished orator, a leading theatrical performer, etc.
Starred
imp. & p. p.
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Starring
p. pr. & vb. n.
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Star
v. t.
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To set or adorn with stars, or bright, radiating bodies; to bespangle; as, a robe starred with gems.
Star
v. i.
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To be bright, or attract attention, as a star; to shine like a star; to be brilliant or prominent; to play a part as a theatrical star.