7. 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.
8. (Mining) (a) A shaft, smaller and shorter than the principal one, joining different levels. (b) A small pit.
9. A district granted to an abbey. [Obs.] Camden.
STAPLE
Sta"ple, a.
1. Pertaining to, or being market of staple for, commodities; as, a staple town. [R.]
2. Established in commerce; occupying the markets; settled; as, a staple trade. Dryden.
3. Fit to be sold; marketable. [R.] Swift.
4. Regularly produced or manufactured in large quantities; belonging to wholesale traffic; principal; chief. Wool, the great staple commodity of England. H
STAPLE
Sta"ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. stapled; p. pr. & vb. n. stapling.]
Defn: To sort according to its staple; as, to staple cotton.