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Traditional English :: manufactory
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manufacture.html - n.
(pl. -ies) archaic = FACTORY. [MANUFACTURE, after factory] |
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Traditional English :: manufacture
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manufacture.html - n. & v. --n. 1 a the making of articles esp. in a factory etc. b a branch of an industry (woollen manufacture).
2 esp. derog. the merely mechanical production of literature, art, etc. --v.tr.
1 make (articles), esp. on an industrial scale.
2 invent or fabricate (evidence, a story, etc.).
3 esp. derog. make or produce (literature, art, etc.) in a mechanical way. manufacturable adj. manufacturability n. manufacturer n. [F f. It. manifattura & L manufactum made by hand] |
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Traditional English :: manufactory
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manufacture.html - n.
(pl. -ies) archaic = FACTORY. [MANUFACTURE, after factory] |
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Traditional English :: manufacture
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manufacture.html - n. & v. --n. 1 a the making of articles esp. in a factory etc. b a branch of an industry (woollen manufacture).
2 esp. derog. the merely mechanical production of literature, art, etc. --v.tr.
1 make (articles), esp. on an industrial scale.
2 invent or fabricate (evidence, a story, etc.).
3 esp. derog. make or produce (literature, art, etc.) in a mechanical way. manufacturable adj. manufacturability n. manufacturer n. [F f. It. manifattura & L manufactum made by hand] |
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Traditional English :: manual
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manufacture.html - adj. & n. --adj. 1 of or done with the hands (manual labour).
2 (of a machine etc.) worked by hand, not automatically. --n. 1 a a book of instructions, esp. for operating a machine or learning a subject; a handbook (a computer manual). b any small book.
2 an organ keyboard played with the hands not the feet.
3 Mil. an exercise in handling a rifle etc.
4 hist. a book of the forms to be used by priests in the administration of the Sacraments. manually adv. [ME f. OF manuel, f. (and later assim. to) L manualis f. manus hand] |
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Traditional English :: manufactory
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manufacture.html - n.
(pl. -ies) archaic = FACTORY. [MANUFACTURE, after factory] |
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