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Fac"tor*ship, n. The business of a
factor.

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.

Fac*to"tum (făk*tō"tŭm),
n.; pl. Factotums (-
tŭmz).


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