factories

Factory \Fac"to*ry\, n.; pl. {Factories} (-r[i^]z). [Cf. F.
   factorerie.]
   1. A house or place where factors, or commercial agents,
      reside, to transact business for their employers. "The
      Company's factory at Madras." --Burke.
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   2. The body of factors in any place; as, a chaplain to a
      British factory. --W. Guthrie.
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   3. A building, or collection of buildings, appropriated to
      the manufacture of goods; the place where workmen are
      employed in fabricating goods, wares, or utensils; a
      manufactory; as, a cotton factory.
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   {Factory leg} (Med.), a variety of bandy leg, associated with
      partial dislocation of the tibia, produced in young
      children by working in factories.
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