manufactory

& a. [Latin manus hand, and factorium =a place where anything is made, a factory, from facio to make.] [MANUFACTURE.] manumit A. As substantive: *1. The act of manufacturing; manufacture. 2. A building or place where goods are manufactured; a factory. "In places, wherein thriving manufactories have erected themselves, land has been observed to sell quicker." Locke : Lowering of Interest, . B. As adj .: Of or belonging to or employed in a manufactory, or the manufacture of goods. *măn-u-făc'-tu-ral, a. [Eng. manufactur (e); -al.] Pertaining or relating to manufactures.