Fac"to*ry (?), n.;
pl. Factories (-r&?;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.
2. The body of factors in any place;
as, a chaplain to a
British factory. W.
Guthrie.
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.
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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