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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FILATORY

n.[from L. filum, a thread. ] A machine which forms or spins threads. This manufactory has three filatories, each of 64 reels, which are moved by a water wheel, and besides a small filatory turned by men.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FILATORY

Fil "a *to *ry, n. Etym: [LL. filatorium place for spinning, fr. filare to spin, fr. L. filum a thread. ]

 

Defn: A machine for forming threads. [Obs. ] W. Tooke.