(Contracted from manufactory.) This word is not in Johnson's Dictionary or in any other before his time. It is now common both in England and the United States, and is applied to a place where anything is made.
·noun The body of factors in any place; as, a chaplain to a British factory. II. Factory ·noun A ho...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A place where a considerable number of factors reside; as Lisbon, Leghorn, Calcutta, &c. Factory com...
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