'Factories' definitions:

Definition of 'Factories'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The body of factors in any place; as, a chaplain to a British factory. --W. Guthrie. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Factory leg (Med.), a variety of bandy leg, associated with partial dislocation of the tibia, produced in young children by working in factories. [1913 Webster]

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