2. Verb. (third-person singular of staple) ¹
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Definition of Staples
1. staple [v] - See also: staple
Lexicographical Neighbors of Staples
Literary usage of Staples
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Chancery of the State by New York (State). Court of Chancery, Lewis Halsey Sandford, 1807-1852 (1848)
"THE bill was filed January 20, 1845, against William J. staples, The Trust Fire
Insurance Company, and others, to foreclose a mortgage executed by staples ..."
2. The Royal Academy of Arts: A Complete Dictionary of Contributors and Their ...by Algernon Graves by Algernon Graves (1906)
"staples, Mrs. John C. (formerly Miss Mary Ellen Edwards and Mrs. Freer). ...
1353 Sir NA staples, Bart. 1878. 236 The felon's wife. 1879. ..."
3. Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce of the by United States, Congress, House (1905)
"Mr. staples. I answered that emphatically, and I said that was with all ... Mr.
staples. I will answer that question, and then I want to add a statement. ..."
4. California Gold Book: First Nugget, Its Discovery and Discoverers, and Some by William Wallace Allen, Richard Benjamin Avery (1893)
"Mr. staples gave mining a brief trial. About this time he purchased a large tract
of land on ... He planted a crop of wheat, and went East for Mrs. staples, ..."
5. Lost Chapters Recovered from the Early History of American Methodism by Joseph Beaumont Wakeley (1858)
"—Inventor — His Widow—Young Thomas staples — Character of—Sick — A Voyage to
Europe — Goes to London—Grows worse — Kindly entertained by Mr. Rankin—Kind ..."
6. Ireland Under the Tudors: With a Succinct Account of the Earlier History by Richard Bagwell (1885)
"His pride and arrogance,' said staples, ' hath ravished him from the right ...
Edward staples, originally a Cambridge man, and after- Bishop wards parson of ..."
7. Historical and Genealogical Record of the First Settlers of Colchester by Thomas Miller (1873)
"William, the second son of William and Susan staples, was born February 18th, 1819.
... Jane staples, their fourth daughter, was born January 4th, 1817. ..."
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