单词 | stapler |
释义 | staplern.1 1. a. (More fully merchant stapler.) A merchant of the Staple. (See quot. 1908.) ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > merchant > [noun] > group or body of > specific > member of staplera1513 hoastman1518 viner1674 jurat1714 Hansard1832 a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. f. ccxviiiv Whan Kyng Edwarde was thus stablysshed in this Realme great sute and labour was made to hym for the repayment of the foresayd. xviii. M. li. to hym and other dyleueryd by the Stapelers. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. f. cx To the Kynges aduauntage was graunted, to the mayntenaunce of his warres .l. s. of a sak of woll, For the Terme of .vi. yeres, But it contynued lenger though the Marchauntes staplers ther at grudgyd. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 659 The Lordes borowed of the Marchantes of the Staple .xviij. thousand pound, the which money the Staplers did nowe sue for vnto King Edwarde to be repayed vnto them. 1585–6 Earl of Leicester Corr. (Camden) 398 Our staplers of late complayned for the burden layd uppon ther wares at Midleborough. 1601 J. Wheeler Treat. Commerce 82 The Staplers Companie haue drawne the trade of English Wooll into their owne hands onely. 1608 T. Middleton Familie of Love (new ed.) i. sig. B2 You marchants were wont to bee Marchaunt staplers. 1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ vi. l. 76 The Staplers of Hamborough and Rotterdam. 1650 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ (ed. 2) vi. iii. 184 They..so divided themselves (though they bee now but one) to Staplers and Merchant Adventurers. 1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. 74 Nor doth it appear to me that the Staplers in these times used such course, or were other then meer Officers for the regulating of the Staple. 1890 C. Gross Gild Merchant I. 140 The staplers were merchants who had the monopoly of exporting the principal raw commodities of the realm. 1893 Dict. National Biogr. XXXIV. 425 McBride, John..was admitted a free stapler of Belfast on 8 April 1644. 1908 H. O. Meredith Econ. Hist. Eng. 153 During the first half of the fifteenth century the Merchant Staplers were a powerful company, whose members lived either in English ports or in Calais, who directed the export trade of the country. 1912 Eng. Hist. Rev. Oct. 811 This strengthens the hypothesis that the staplers and the adventurers sprang from a common root. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in other specific articles ironmonger1164 ointer1263 bowyer1297 jewellera1382 fletcher1457 stapler1532 India merchant1618 tobacconist1657 colourman1663 tobacconer1701 lamp-man1704 drysalter1707 snuffman1723 wet-salter1725 potman1732 material man1778 tobacco-trader1840 dogman1860 stamp-dealer1863 waste-dealer1876 pearler1881 1532–3 in E. Law Hist. Hampton Court Palace (1885) 347 Payd to Thomas Ostley, stapuller, for 18 ffother, 12 cwt. 3 qrs. 21 lb. of leade to cover the Kynges New Hall. 1890 C. Gross Gild Merchant I. 148 The staplers, who dealt in certain raw materials. 2. A trader who buys wool from the grower to sell to the manufacturer: = wool-stapler n. at wool-staple n.1 Derivatives. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in textiles, clothing, or yarns mercerc1230 clothier1362 draper1362 woolman1390 yarn-chopper1429 line-draper1436 Welsh drapera1525 telerc1540 purple-seller1547 linen-draper1549 staplera1552 silkman1553 woollen-draper1554 wool-driver1555 woolster1577 linener1616 woolner1619 linen-man1631 ragman1649 rag merchant1665 slop-seller1665 bodice-seller1672 piece-broker1697 wool-stapler1709 cloth-man1723 Manchester-man1755 fleece-merchanta1774 rag dealer1777 man's mercer1789 keelman1821 man-mercer1837 cotton-broker1849 slopper1854 shoddyite1865 costumier1886 cotton-man1906 a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1711) IV. 88 Norton is a pretty uplandish Towne in Worcester-shire, and there be fayre Houses in it of Staplers, that use to buy Wooll. 1600 P. Holland tr. J. B. Marlianus Svmmary Topogr. Rome iv. ix, in tr. Livy Rom. Hist. 1376 Æquimelium is betweene Velabrum and the Capitoll, neere to the staplers wooll shops. 1667 O. Heywood Heart-treasure ii. 9 Every Trades-man lays up that which is fit for his Calling; Cloathiers, Staplers, Tanners, Husbandmen, have all their peculiar provisions, suited to their vocations. 1707 London Gaz. No. 4341/4 George Wagstaffe, of Glossop.., Stapler. 1805 J. Luccock Nature & Prop. Wool 133 If the opinion of the staplers be correct, the sheep in extreme old age appears to lose the faculty of producing a valuable wool. 1863 H. Fawcett Man. Polit. Econ. iii. vi. 362 The Leeds manufacturer who purchases wool from the stapler pays for it by a cheque. 1881 Daily News 29 Aug. 3/6 Spinners buy with hesitation and caution... Staplers, however, maintain quotations with a tolerable degree of firmness. 1885 F. H. Bowman Struct. Wool Fibre Gloss. Stapler, a merchant who buys wool from the farmer and sorts it into its various qualities for the manufacturer. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022). staplern.2 A device for fastening together papers, etc., with a staple or staples. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > driving or beating tools > [noun] > tool for driving in staples staple-drivera1884 staple press1895 stapler1951 staple gun1960 1951 Festival of Brit.: Catal. Exhibits: South Bank Exhib. (H.M.S.O.) 64 Office equipment..‘Velos’ plier stapler. 1969 ‘C. Keith’ Missing Book-keeper iv. 48 The shallow centre drawer..contained..some extra staples for the stapler on top of the desk. 1973 Sci. Amer. July 113/2 Edges of the foil can be fastened together with tape or with a stapler. 1978 Detroit Free Press 16 Apr. (Advt. Suppl.) 1/4 Full-size standard stapler with open-channel loading. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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