manufactury

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manufactury (plural manufacturies)

  1. Alternative spelling of manufactory, a place where articles are manufactured
    • 1916, Fedor Jagor, Tomas de Comyn, Chas. Wilkes, Rudolf Virchow., The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes[1]:
      They [] founded manufacturies of cotton cloths; contracted for the crops of produce at very high prices; offered rewards and, in short, they put in motion every partial resources they were able to avail themselves of and their limited means allowed.