Factory

(fuk'to-re.) [From L. factura, a making.] (Com.) A trading mart established for the mercantile purchase and sale of commodities in a foreign country: -the term is most general in its application to such places established in the E. Indies and China.-In England and the U. States, the word commonly signifies what is otherwise called a mill, that is an establishment where any branch of textile manufactures is carried on by means of machinery worked by steam or waterpower; as, a cotton-factory. [s. 353]