factory

n.; pl. Factories [ 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 ]