\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.