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Factory (?), n.; pl. Factories (-rĭz). [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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