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.